Definition of alien

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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..

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Estrangement :: Estrangement (n.) The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation..
Devest :: Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate..
Salient :: Salient (a.) A salient angle or part; a projection.
Disaffect :: Disaffect (v. t.) To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.
Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain..
Alien :: Alien (v. t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership..
Disincline :: Disincline (v. t.) To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Perpetuity :: Perpetuity (n.) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated..
Alienate :: Alienate (v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from..
Metic :: Metic (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
Alienist :: Alienist (n.) One who treats diseases of the mind.
Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To cause alienation of (mind).
Saliency :: Saliency (n.) Quality of being salient; hence, vigor..
Saliant :: Saliant (a.) Same as Salient.
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Alienation :: Alienation (n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections..
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion..
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..
Poundage :: Poundage (n.) A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more..
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