Al"ien , 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.
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage.
Clarendon.
Al"ien , n.
1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a
country in which he does
not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
2.
One excluded from certain privileges; one
alienated or estranged; as,
aliens from God's mercies.
Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.
Ephes. ii. 12.
Al"ien (&?;), a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else.]
1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the
citizens or subjects thereof;
foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
2.
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; --
followed by from or sometimes by to; as,
principles alien from
our religion.
An alien
sound of melancholy.
Wordsworth.
Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.
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