Definition of alien

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Alien (a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion..

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Inalienableness :: Inalienableness (n.) The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
Alienation :: Alienation (n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections..
Lunacy :: Lunacy (n.) Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation..
Naturalization :: Naturalization (n.) The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized..
Alien :: Alien (n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies..
Arris :: Arris (n.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column..
Supersalient :: Supersaliency (n.) The act of leaping on anything.
Alienation :: Alienation (n.) Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind..
Devest :: Devest (v. i.) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate..
Alien :: Alien (n.) 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..
Salient :: Salient (a.) A salient angle or part; a projection.
Alienor :: Alienor (n.) One who alienates or transfers property to another.
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion..
Alienation :: Alienation (n.) The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated..
Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners..
Saliaunce :: Saliaunce (a.) Salience; onslaught.
Alien :: Alien (a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion..
Fleche :: Fleche (n.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge..
Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To estrange; to withdraw.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..
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