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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Guerite :: Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions..
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..
Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited..
Salient :: Salient (a.) A salient angle or part; a projection.
Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain..
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..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Distaste :: Distaste (n.) Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
Wean :: Wean (a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything..
Supersalt :: Supersalient (a.) Leaping upon.
Inalienableness :: Inalienableness (n.) The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
Alienage :: Alienage (n.) The state or legal condition of being an alien.
Disalliege :: Disalliege (v. t.) To alienate from allegiance.
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..
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Disincline :: Disincline (v. t.) To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Base :: Base (n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions..
Devest :: Devest (v. i.) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate..
Package :: Package (n.) A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens..
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