alien 140 alight 
that of one's birth, and not having rights of alienage (al'yen-aj), . [< alien + -age.} 1. alienee (al-yen-e'), . [< alien v + -ee 1 1 One 
citizenship in such place of residence: as, the The state of being an alien; the legal standing 
alien population; an alien condition. 2. For- 
eign; not belonging to one's own nation. 
The veil of alien speech. 
0. W. Holmes, Chinese Embassy. 
The sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, 
She stood in tears amid the alien corn. 
Keats, Ode to Nightingale. 
3. Wholly different in nature ; estranged ; ad- 
verse; hostile: used with to or from. 
The thing most alien from . . . [the Protector's] clear 
intellect and his commanding spirit was petty persecution. 
Macaulay, Sir William Temple. 
It is difficult to trace the origin of sentiments so tilit'ii 
to whom the title to property is transferred: as, 
"if the alienee enters and keeps possession," 
Slackstone. 
of an alien. 
Why restore estates forfeitable on account of alienage! 
Story, aliener (al'yen-er), . Same as alieuor. 
I il<> hereby order and proclaim that no plea of alienage alien-house (al'yen-hous), It. Formerly, in 
to another; alienation. [Rare.] 
The provinces were treated in a far more harsh manner 
z^TOsa^M^s ^pS" FzSoV"^ or ^js** h ? us K b ? ; 
foreign birth who shall have declared on oath his inten- lon f ln g to foreign ecclesiastics, or under their 
tion to become a citizen of the United States. control. Lticye. Brit., II. 4o9. 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 370. alienigenate (al-yen-ij'e-nat), a. [< L. alicni- 
2. The state of being alienated or transferred genus, foreign-born (< alienus, foreign, alien, + 
-genus, -born), + -ate 1 .} Alien-born. Ii. C. Win- 
throp. 
to our own way of thought. 
J. F. Clarke, Ten Great Religions, vi. alienate (aTyen-at), v. t. ; pret. and pp. alien- 
Allen egg, in ornith., the egg of a cuckoo, cow-bird, or 
other parasitic species, dropped in the nest of another 
bird. Allen enemy. See eiiemy. Allen friend. See 
friend. Alien good, in ethic*, a good not under one's 
own control. Afien water, any stream of water carried 
across an irrigated field or meadow, but not employed in 
the system of irrigation. Imp. Diet. 
II. n. 1. A foreigner; one born in or belong- 
ing to another country who has not acquired 
citizenship by naturalization ; one who is not 
a denizen, or entitled to the privileges of a citi- 
zen. In France a child born of residents who are not 
citizens is an alien. In the United States, as in Great 
Britain, children born and remaining within the country, 
than the Italian states, even in the latter period of their alienism (al'yen-izm), n. [< alien + -ism.} 
alienage. Brougham. The state of being an alien. 
The law was very gentle in the construction of the dis- 
ated, ppr. alienating. [<' L. alienatus", pp. of abilitv of alieni " n - Chancellor Kent, 
alienare, make alien, estrange: see alien, v.} % The study and treatment of mental dis- 
1. To transfer or convey, as title, property, or e ases - 
other right, to another: as, to alienate lands alienist (al'yen-ist), n. [< alien + -ist.} One 
or sovereignty. engaged in the scientific study or treatment of 
mental diseases. 
He [John Locke] looked at insanity rather too superfi- 
cially for a practical alienist. 
E. C. Mann, Psychol. Med., p. 114. 
alienor (al'yen-or), n. [Early mod. E. alienour, 
He must have the consent of the electors when he would 
alienate- or mortgage anything belonging to the empire. 
Ooldsmith, Seven Years' War, iv. 
Led blindfold thus 
By love of what he thought his flesh and blood 
To alienate his all in her behalf. 
< AF. alienor, alienour = OF. alieneur, < ML. 
Brmming, Ring and Book, I. 117. "alienator : see alienator.'] One who transfers 
2. To repel or turn away in feeling; make in- property to another. Also written aliener. 
though born of alien parents, are, according to the better different or averse, where love or esteem be- aliethmoid (al-i-eth'moid), n. and a. IX L ala 
opinion, natural-born citizens or subjects: and the children f _j t v f v- "_ 1_ & _ .:".7V *' , J- , ! 
opinion, natural-born citizens or subjects ; and the children 
of citizens or subjects, though born in other countries, are 
generally deemed natural-born citizens or subjects, and if 
they become resident are entitled to the privileges of resi- 
dent citizens ; but they also may, when of full age, make 
declaration of alienage. See citizen. 
When the Roman jurists applied their experience of 
Roman citizens to dealings between citizens and aliens, 
showing by the difference of their actions that they re- 
fore subsisted ; estrange : with from before the 
secondary object. 
He [Pausanias] alienated, by his insolence, all who might 
have served or protected him. 
Macaulay, Mitford's Greece. 
The recollection of his former life is a dream that only 
the more alienates him from the realities of the present. 
It. Taylor. 
a wing, + E. ethmoid.} I. n. The lateral part 
or wing of the ethmoidal region of the orbito- 
nasal cartilage in the skull of an embryonic 
bird. 
The hinder region or aliethmoid Is the true olfactory re- 
gion. W. K. Parker. 
II. a. Pertaining to the aliethmoid: as, the 
pp. as above, in the pp. sense.] 
of alienation; estranged. 
O alienate from God, O spirit accursed ! 
MUton, t. L., v. 877. 
The Whigs are ... wholly alienate from truth. 
Swift, Misc. 
H.t . A stranger; an alien. 
Whosoever eateth the lamb without this house, he is an 
K L. alienatw, other.] The state of being different ; otherness. 
I. a. In a state alifet (ft^if ')_ adv. [Appar. < a 3 + Hf e> as if f or 
garded "the" circumstances as euenUally'different* they laid _ g__ , TO deliver ovpr nrn.ndpr o-i > TV. H aliethmoid region; an aliethmoid cartilage, 
the foundations of that great structure which has guided SHf L To Tender ' ive U P- 2 ' To di8 ' alietyt (a-li'e-ti), . [< ML. alietas, < L alius, 
nit! socuii progress 01 ijuropc. u i. /-i/ -A\ j . - . . - - *. _._ 
*'. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 156. alienate (al'yen-at), a. and n. 
2. A stranger. [Rare.] 
An alien to the hearts 
Of all the court, and princes of my blood. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., Hi. 2. 
Who can not have been altogether an alien from the re- 
searches of your lordship. Landor. 
Allen Act. (a) See alien and sedition laics, below. (b) 
An English statute of 1838 (6 and 7 Wm. IV. c. 11) provid- 
ing for the registration of aliens; and one of 1844 (7 and 
'as one's life,' but perhaps orig. due to lief.} 
Dearly. 
A clean instep, 
And that I love alife ! 
Fletcher, M. Thomas, ii. 2. 
aliferous (a-lif'e-rus), a. [< L. ala, wing, + 
ferre = 'E. bear 1 '.] Having wings. 
.i iiuaucvci cai^tii LIIC miiiu wiuioui una House, ne IB .in IT / i/- A * r /i 
alienate. Stapletm. Fortresse of the Faith, fol. 148. alliorm (al 1-fOrm), a. [< L. ala, wing, + -Jor- 
8 Viet c. 66) allowing aliens from' friendly nations'to iToid alienated (al'yen-a-ted), p. a. Mentally astray ; s > < forma, shape.] Having the shape of a 
real^and personal property for purposes of jresideuce, and demented. wing or wings : in ana*., applied to the ptery- 
goid processes and the muscles associated with 
them. See /tterygoid. [Rare.] 
aligantt (al'i-gant), n. An old form of alicant. 
aligerous (a-lij'e-rus), a. [<L. aliger, bearing 
being alienated. (o ) In law, a transfer of the title to ' 1 ng8 ' < "'"' Wm S' + W*, bear.] Having 
property by one person to another, by conveyance, as dis- , f.\ 
tinguished from inheritance. A devise of real property is alight ' t (a-lit ), r. t. [< ME. align ten. alyghten, 
regarded as an alienation. aligten, ai'ygten, alihten, alyhten,< (1) AS. dlihtan 
In some cases the consent of all the heirs, collateral as 
well as descendant, had to be obtained before an aliena- 
tion could be made. 
D. W. Jtoss, German Land-holding, p. 74. 
(6) The diversion of lands from ecclesiastical to secular 
most famous of which (1 Stat. 570) conferred power on the 
President to order out of the country such aliens as he 
might reasonably suspect of secret machinations against 
the government or judge dangerous to its peace. It ex- 
pired by limitation in two years. The sedition law was a 
stringent act against seditious conspiracy and libel, chiefly 
aimed at obstructive opposition to the proceedings of gov- 
ernment and libelous or seditious publications in regard 
to them. These laws had little effect besides that of over- 
throwing the Federal party, which was held responsible 
for them. 
[< ME. alienen, alyenen, < 
F. aliener = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
alien (al'yen), v. t. 
OF. aliener, mod. 
alienar = It. alienare, < L. alienare, make^alien, 
estrange, < alienus, alien: see alien, a.] 1. To 
transfer or convey to another; make over the 
Eossessiou of: as, to alien a title or property. 
a this sense also written aliene. 
Alien the gleabe, intaile it to thy loines. 
Marston, What You Will, ii. 1. 
If the son alien lands, and then repurchase them again 
in fee, the rules of descents are to be observed, as if he 
were the original purchaser. 
Sir M. Hale, Hist. Common Law of Eng. 
Had they, like him [Charles I.], for good and valuable 
consideration, aliened their hurtful prerogatives? 
Macaulay, Conv. between Cowley and Milton. 
2. To make averse or indifferent ; turn the af- 
fections or inclinations of ; alienate ; estrange. 
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of, or 
inclination to, the marriage. Clarendon. 
Poetry had not been aliened from the people by the es- 
tablishment of an Upper House of vocables alone entitled 
to move in the stately ceremonials of verse. 
Lowett, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 157. 
(OHG. arliuhtan, MHG. erliuhten, Q.erleuchten), 
light, illuminate, < a-, E. a-l, + Khtan, E. lightl, 
v.: (2) AS. oalihtan, light, illuminate, < on-, E. 
a-2, + Khtan, E. lighft, r. ; (3) AS. gelilitan, ge- 
ownership. lyhtan, light, give light to, illuminate, intr. be- 
The word alienation has acquired since the Refonuation come light, < ge-, E. a-6, + lihtan, E. light 1 , v. : 
see a-l, a- 2 , n-6, and ligJift, r., and cf. alighted, 
enlighten, lighten 1 ; see also alight 1 , n. a.] 1. 
To light; light up; illuminate. 2. To set light 
to; light (a fire, lamp, etc.). 
Having . . . alighted his lamp. 
Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote. (N. E. D.) 
the almost distinctive meaning of the diversion of lauds 
from ecclesiastical or religious to secular ownership 
A W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., ii. 
(<) A withdrawing or an estrangement, as of feeling or 
the affections. 
Alienation of heart from the king. Bacon. 
We keep apart when we have quarrelled, express our- -U<'k+l /o KtM , 
selves in well-bred phrases, and in this way preserve a a M$J M* ,. >>.P\ "' ', T P re P.- P**;** adv. 
dignified alienation. George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i. 5. 
She seemed, also, conscious of a cause, to me unknown, 
for the gradual alienation of my regard. 
Poe, Tales, I. 471. 
(d) Deprivation, or partial deprivation, of mental faculties ; 
derangement ; insanity. 
If a person of acknowledged probity and of known pu- 
rity of life were suddenly to do something grossly unmoral, 
and it were impossible to discover any motive for his 
strange and aberrant deed, we should ascribe it to an 
alienation of nature, and say that he must be mad. . . ... 
Maudsley, Body and Will, p. 10. alight J t y (a-ut ),;< 
alienation-office (al-yen-a'shon-ofis), n. An 
office in London, at which persons resorting to 
KME. alight, aligt, aliht (early mod. E. alighted), 
<. AS. "dlilttecl, pp. of dlihtan, E. alight 1 , r., q. v. ; 
but now regarded as parallel to afire, ablaze, 
etc., < a 3 + light 1 , n.j Provided with light; 
lighted up ; illuminated. 
The chapel was scarcely alifftt. 
Thackeray, Four Georges (1862), p. 169. (S. E. D.) 
Set 
The lamps alight, and call 
For 8 olden mu sic. Tennyson, Ancient Sage. 
[< ME. alighten, aligten, 
mitigate, < ge-, E. a- 6 , + lihtan, E. light?, v. : see 
a- 6 , light 2 , v., and cf. alighten^, lighten 2 .} To 
the judicial processes of fine and recovery for ""' ".'"' ">"* ,-, !/--. j 
the conveyance of lands were required to pre- make U S ht or less heavy; lighten; alleviate, 
sent their writs, and submit to the payment of 
fees called the prefine and the postjine. 
alienability (al"yen-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< alienable, 
after F. alienabilite.}' The state or quality of alienator (al'yen-a-toi 
being alienable ; the capacity of being alienated ML. "aliena tor, < L. alienare, pp. aliena tus, alien- 
ate: see alien, T.} 1. One who alienates or 
transfers property. 2. A thief. [Humorous.] 
or transferred. 
The alienability of the domain. Brt,Works, III. 316. 
alienable (al'yen-a-bl), a. [< alien, v., + -able, 
after F. alienable^ That may be alienated; 
capable of being sold or transferred to another : 
as, land is alienable according to the laws of the 
She wende to alyght her euylle and her synne. 
Caxton, Q. de la Tour. (N. E. D.) 
r-Z F 'nHfnntfvr < alight 3 (a-lit '), *. ; pret. and pp. alighted (obs. 
.*. al ,ur,<, pp aUg i t)> ppr a i ightina _ [/ME. 
To one like Elia, whose treasures are rather cased in 
leather covers than closed in iron coffers, there is a class 
of alienators more formidable than that which I have 
touched upon ; I mean your borrowers of books. 
Lamb, Two Races of Men. 
aliene (al-yen'), v. t. Same as alien, 1. 
alyghten, aligten, alygten, < (1) AS. dlihtan (oc- 
curring but once, in a gloss: "Dissilio, Ic of 
dlihte," lit. 'I alight off'), < a-, E. a-l, + Khtuii. 
E. lights-, (2) AS. gelilitan, alight, dismount, 
come down, < ge-, E. -6, + Uhlan. E. light 3 : see 
a-l, a- 6 , and liglifi, and cf. alighten 3 and light- 
en 3 .} 1. To get down or descend, as from 
horseback or from a carriage ; dismount. 
