What is the meaning of alien?

noun

verb

  • Transfer property or ownership.
    • usage: "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
  • Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.
    • usage: "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

adjective

  • Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
    • usage: "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"
  • Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
    • usage: "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
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