ALIEN
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Al"ien (&unr_;), a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
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2. 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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An alien sound of melancholy.
Wordsworth.
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Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.
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Al"ien, n. 1. 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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2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
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Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.
Ephes. ii. 12.
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Al"ien, v. t. [F. aliéner, L. alienare.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale.
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The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage.
Clarendon.
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