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n.; pl. Aliases [ L., otherwise, at another time. ] (Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L., fr. alius. See Else. ] (Law) (a) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. (b) At another time. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 aliphatic and aromatic. [ PJC. ]

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 ]

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 ]