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Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.

To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12.

Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of the domain." Burke.

Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham.

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

One who alienates.

To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.

One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.

To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.

ning), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. -- Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." Morley. See Mortmain. -- Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. -- Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, e…

To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.

To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.

Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] Milton.

ay the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler. A rural judge dis…

] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves. Bacon. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.