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strange \strange\, a. compar. stranger; superl. strangest.
   oe. estrange, f. 'etrange, fr. l. extraneus that is
   without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. see
   extra, and cf. estrange, extraneous.
   1. belonging to another country; foreign. "to seek strange
      strands." --chaucer.
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            one of the strange queen's lords.     --shak.
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            i do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers
            tongues.                              --ascham.
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   2. of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining
      to one's self; not domestic.
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            so she, impatient her own faults to see,
            turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
                                                  --sir j.
                                                  davies.
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   3. not before known, heard, or seen; new.
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            here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the
            character, i doubt not; and the signet is not
            strange to you.                       --shak.
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   4. not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual;
      irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "he is sick of
      a strange fever." --shak.
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            sated at length, erelong i might perceive
            strange alteration in me.             --milton.
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   5. reserved; distant in deportment. --shak.
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            she may be strange and shy at first, but will soon
            learn to love thee.                   --hawthorne.
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   6. backward; slow. obs.
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            who, loving the effect, would not be strange
            in favoring the cause.                --beau.  fl.
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   7. not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
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            in thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --shak.
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   note: strange is often used as an exclamation.
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               strange what extremes should thus preserve the
               snow
               high on the alps, or in deep caves below.
                                                  --waller.
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   strange sail naut., an unknown vessel.

   strange woman script., a harlot. --prov. v. 3.

   to make it strange.
      a to assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning
          it. --shak.
      b to make it a matter of difficulty. obs. --chaucer.
          

   to make strange, to make one's self strange.
      a to profess ignorance or astonishment.
      b to assume the character of a stranger. --gen. xlii. 7.
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   syn: foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing;
        marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer;
        eccentric.
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see also:
stranger strangest extra estrange extraneous strange sail 
strange woman to make it strange to make strange to make one's self strange 

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