Strange

a.	1.	Belonging to another country; foreign. One of the strange queen's lords. - Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. - Ascham.
	2.	Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. - Sir J. Davies.
	3.	Not before known, heard, or seen; new. 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.
	4.	Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. - Milton.
	5.	Reserved; distant in deportment. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. - Hawthorne.
	6.	Backward; slow. Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. - Beau. & Fl.
	7.	Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. - Shak. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. - Waller. Strange sail (Naut.) an unknown vessel. Strange woman (Script.) a harlot. To make it strange a - To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it - Prov. v. 3. b - To make it a matter of difficulty. - Shak. To make strange a - To profess ignorance or astonishment - Chaucer. b - To assume the character of a stranger - Gen. xlii. 7.
adv.	1.	Strangely. Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To alienate; to estrange.
v. i.	1.	To be estranged or alienated.
	2.	To wonder; to be astonished.

Adj.	1.	strange - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" Synonyms: unusual Antonyms: familiar - within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"
	2.	strange - not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" Synonyms: unknown
	3.	strange - not at ease or comfortable; "felt strange among so many important people"

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