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aliened, ppl. a.|ˈeɪlɪənd|
[f. alien v. + -ed.]
= alienated, of which it is the earlier form.
1. Converted into an alien, or foreigner; estranged; turned away in feeling or affection, rendered hostile.
1382Wyclif Eph. ii. 12 That weren in that tyme withouten Crist, alyened, or maad straunge. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. clxix. 1051 Wee were dispersed and aliened from our Lorde Jesus Christ. 1656Bp. Hall Occas. Med. (1851) 40 He, that is not ashamed of my bonds..not aliened with my disgrace. a1733North Exam. i. iii. §134. 210 A Nation so aliened as England was, could not be regained impetuously. 1844Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Scenes 202 Let the sound Of native and of neighbour speech No more his aliened senses reach.
2. Transferred to another owner; diverted to other uses.
1531Dial. Laws Eng. ii. xxxv. (1638) 123 A covenant made upon a gift to the Church, that it shall not be aliened. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. 78 It shall be lawful to us..immediately to enter in the land so aliened. |