Definition
Meaning of 'alien'
Meaning of 'alien' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Alien 
[ a.]
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or
to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects,
enemies, property, shores. [ a.]- Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
2. Alien [ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
3. Alien [ v. t.]
- To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or
ownership. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'alien' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. alien [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- transfer property or ownership
- transfer property or ownership
Example in sentence:
- The will aliened the property to the heirs
2. alien [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Example in sentence:
- alien customs;
- exotic cuisine;
- exotic plants in a greenhouse
Meaning (3):
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
Example in sentence:
- an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism;
- jealousy is foreign to her nature;
- the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper
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