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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Distance :: Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Alienee :: Alienee (n.) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..
Revest :: Revest (v. i.) To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation..
Aberration :: Aberration (n.) A partial alienation of reason.
Exclave :: Exclave (n.) A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.
Disaffect :: Disaffect (v. t.) To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.
Alien :: Alien (n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies..
Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..
Alienage :: Alienage (n.) The state or legal condition of being an alien.
Disunion :: Disunion (n.) A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.
#NAME? :: -ee () A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer..
Alien :: Alien (a.) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores..
Fast :: Fast (v.) Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend..
Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..
Disnaturalize :: Disnaturalize (v. t.) To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.
Inalienableness :: Inalienableness (n.) The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.
Alienability :: Alienability (n.) Capability of being alienated.
Supersalient :: Supersaliency (n.) The act of leaping on anything.
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