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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Ab*al"ien*ate\ ([a^]b*[=a]l"yen*[=a]t; 94, 106), v.
t. [L. abalienatus, p. p. of abalienare; ab + alienus
foreign, alien. See {Alien}.]
1. (Civil Law) To transfer the title of from one to another;
   to alienate.

2. To estrange; to withdraw. [Obs.]

3. To cause alienation of (mind). --Sandys.

 

 

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