v. t. [ L. abalienatus, p. p. of abalienare; ab + alienus foreign, alien. See Alien. ]
n. [ L. abalienatio: cf. F. abaliénation. ] The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else. ]
An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Alien enemy (Law),
n.
Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. aliéner, L. alienare. ] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [ R. ] “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Capability of being alienated. “The alienability of the domain.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. aliénable. ] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another;
n. [ Cf. OF. aliénage. ]
☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene. ] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with
O alienate from God. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stranger; an alien. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ F. aliénation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate. ]
The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who alienates. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property;
n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to
It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. aliéniste. ] One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. aliéneur. ] One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Her.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coat of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being inalienable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. in- not + alienable: cf. F. inaliénable. ] Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable;
n. The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a manner that forbids alienation;
n. Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Salient. ]
n. Quality of being salient; hence, vigor. “A fatal lack of poetic saliency.” J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to leap; cf. F. saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i.. ]
He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Grenville ] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
Salient angle.
Salient polygon (Geom.),
Salient polyhedron (Geom.),
a. (Fort.) A salient angle or part; a projection. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a salient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of leaping on anything. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. super- + L. saliens p. pr. of salire to leap. ] Leaping upon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inalienable;