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 ]
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 ]
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 ] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with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 ]
n. A stranger; an alien. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.