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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country;
[syn: foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander]

2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found;
[syn: stranger, alien, unknown]

3. a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere;
[syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien]


VERB (2)

1. transfer property or ownership;
- Example: "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
[syn: alien, alienate]

2. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness;
- Example: "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
[syn: estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;
- Example: "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"
- Example: "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"
- Example: "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
[syn: alien, foreign]

2. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;
- Example: "alien customs"
- Example: "exotic plants in a greenhouse"
- Example: "exotic cuisine"
[syn: alien, exotic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. [1913 Webster] An alien sound of melancholy. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. [1913 Webster] Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. --Ephes. ii. 12. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alien \Al"ien\, v. t. [F. ali['e]ner, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alien adj 1: 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" [syn: alien, foreign] 2: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" [syn: alien, exotic] n 1: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country [syn: foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander] [ant: citizen] 2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant: acquaintance, friend] 3: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien] v 1: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" [syn: alien, alienate] 2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" [syn: estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ALIEN, n. An American sovereign in his probationary state.