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al⋅ien⋅ate

  [eyl-yuh-neyt, ey-lee-uh-]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to make indifferent or hostile: He has alienated his entire family.
2. to turn away; transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose.
3. Law. to transfer or convey, as title, property, or other right, to another: to alienate lands.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L aliēnātus (ptp. of aliēnāre), equiv. to aliēn(us) alien + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
al⋅ien⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. See estrange.
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al·ien·ate   (āl'yə-nāt', ā'lē-ə-)   
tr.v.   al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates

  1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions. See Synonyms at estrange.

  2. To cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally: The numbing labor tended to alienate workers.

  3. To cause to be transferred; turn away: "He succeeded . . . in alienating the affections of my only ward" (Oscar Wilde).

  4. Law To transfer (property or a right) to the ownership of another, especially by an act of the owner rather than by inheritance.


[Latin aliēnāre, aliēnāt-, from Latin aliēnus, alien; see alien.]
al'ien·a'tor n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: alien·ate
Pronunciation: 'A-lE-&-"nAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin alienare, from alienus not one's own
: to give away or sell (property or a property right) to another alienate any of his voting shares —Strickland v. Rahaim, 549 So. Second 58 (1989)> —compare DEVISE —alien·ation /"A-lE-&-'nA-sh&n, "Al-y&-/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: alien·ate
Pronunciation: 'A-lE-&-"nAt, 'Al-y&-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
: to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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