Alien Synonyms & Definitions

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• AlienDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
(n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from Gods mercies.
(a.) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
(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.
(v. t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.

• AlienateDefinition & Meaning in English

(v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
(a.) Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
(v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
(n.) A stranger; an alien.

• AlienistDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) One who treats diseases of the mind.