From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Alien \Al"ien\, v. t. [F. ali['e]ner, 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Alien \Al"ien\, 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Alien \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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alien
adj 1: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of
something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of
capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind
and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" [syn:
alien, foreign]
2: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of
the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse";
"exotic cuisine" [syn: alien, exotic]
n 1: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does
not owe allegiance to your country [syn: foreigner,
alien, noncitizen, outlander] [ant: citizen]
2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
3: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its
atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being,
extraterrestrial, alien]
v 1: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the
property to the heirs" [syn: alien, alienate]
2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly
been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her
friends when she became fanatically religious" [syn:
estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect]