v. t. [ L. abalienatus, p. p. of abalienare; ab + alienus foreign, alien. See Alien. ]
n. [ L. abalienatio: cf. F. abaliénation. ] The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. ] (Zool.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being accentual. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Accidental character or effect. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ LL., pl. of acephalus. See Acephal. ]
n. One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; highest + &unr_;. See Cephalic. ] Characterized by a high skull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; a realist; -- opposed to
n.;
v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. changed from potential to actual;
n.
n. The quality of being adverbial. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To give the force or form of an adverb to. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. The state of being aërial; unsubstantiality. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.) [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; a talking; cf. &unr_; speechless. ] (Med.) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; a talking; cf. &unr_; speechless. ] (Med.) Impairment of articulate speech, or inability to speak, usually due to impairment of control of muscles in the articulatory apparatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]
n. The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Alkalimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ L., fr. alius. See Else. ] (Law)
n.;
n. [ L., elsewhere, at another place. See Alias. ] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed;
n. Quality of being alible. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish. ] Nutritive; nourishing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Org. Chem.) pertaining to compounds that have a ring in the structure, but are not aromatic, as cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Compare
n. [ LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-'idāda a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade. ] The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else. ]
An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Alien enemy (Law),
n.
Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Capability of being alienated. “The alienability of the domain.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. aliénable. ] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another;
n. [ Cf. OF. aliénage. ]
☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene. ] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with
O alienate from God. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stranger; an alien. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ F. aliénation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate. ]
The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who alienates. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property;
n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to
It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]