| a. | 1. | Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; - with |
| v. t. | 1. | To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. |
| 2. | To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; - with from. | |
| n. | 1. | A stranger; an alien. |
| Verb | 1. | alienate - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| 2. | alienate - transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" Synonyms: alien |
ALIENATE, aliene, alien. This is a generic term applicable to the various methods of transferring property from one person to another. Lord Coke, says, (1 Inst. 118 b,) alien cometh of the verb alienate, that is, alienum facere vel ex nostro dominio in alienum trawferre sive rem aliquam in dominium alterius transferre. These methods vary, according to the nature of the property to be conveyed and the particular objects the conveyance is designed to accomplish. It has been held, that under a prohibition to alienate, long leases are comprehended. 2 Dow's Rep. 210.
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