alienen
Catalan edit
Verb edit
alienen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French aliener, from Latin aliēnō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
alienen
- To renounce or forgo lands, possessions, or privileges.
- To separate, estrange oneself, or renounce allegiance (to a higher power)
- (rare) To make oneself ineligible refuse benefits.
- (rare) To repurpose lands; to utilise lands for something different.
- (rare) To modify or change; to make different.
- (rare) To take away; to revoke, or split.
- (rare) To stray or vary from a path.
- (rare) To waste; to use uselessly.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of alienen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “aliēnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Spanish edit
Verb edit
alienen
- inflection of alienar: