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† abalienate, v. Obs.|æbˈeɪlɪəneɪt|
[f. L. abaliēnāt-um, pa. pple. of abaliēnā-re to estrange; f. ab off, away, + aliēnā-re to estrange; f. aliēn-us belonging to another; see alien.]
1. ‘To make that another's which was our own before. A term of the civil law not much used in common speech.’ J. (Only used as a technical equivalent of Abaliēnāre in Rom. Law.)
2. To remove; to estrange in feeling.
1554J. Philpot Exam. & Writ. (Parker Soc.) 328 No distances of places, no chance, no perversity of men, shall abalienate me from your clemency and faithfulness. 1652Gaule Mag-astro-mancer 202 God may be pleased..so to abalienate, or suspend, corruptions for the present.
3. To cause loss or aberration of (intellect).
1585Abp. Sandys Sermons (1841) 300 The devil and his deceitful angels do so..abalienate their minds, and trouble their memory, that they cannot tell what is said. 1652Gaule Mag-astro-mancer 195 Extasies of prophets did not so abalienate their mindes as that they apprehended not what they did or said. |