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English Dictionary: alien	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alien adj not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" Synonym(s): alien, foreign being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" Synonym(s): alien, exotic n a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country Synonym(s): foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander Antonym(s): citizen anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found Synonym(s): stranger, alien, unknown Antonym(s): acquaintance, friend a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere Synonym(s): extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien v transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" Synonym(s): alien, alienate arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" Synonym(s): estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alien \Al"ien\, n. 1. 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}. 2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alien \Al"ien\, a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See {Else}.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores. 2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. An alien sound of melancholy. --Wordsworth. {Alien enemy} (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alien \Al"ien\, v. t. [F. ali[82]ner, L. alienare.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] [bd]It the son alien lands.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. --Clarendon.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Alien a foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens. (1.) Those who were strangers generally, and who owned no landed property. (2.) Strangers dwelling in another country without being naturalized (Lev. 22:10; Ps. 39:12). Both of these classes were to enjoy, under certain conditions, the same rights as other citizens (Lev. 19:33, 34; Deut. 10:19). They might be naturalized and permitted to enter into the congregation of the Lord by submitting to circumcision and abandoning idolatry (Deut. 23:3-8). This term is used (Eph. 2:12) to denote persons who have no interest in Christ.