Etymology

abalienate

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Today it means: To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. Full definition →

Latin abaliēnātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromabaliēnātus
  2. English todayabalienate

From Latin abaliēnātus, perfect passive participle of abaliēnō (“alienate; remove”); from ab- (“by, from; away”) + aliēnō (“alienate, estrange”); from aliēnus (“foreign, alien”), from alius (“other, another”). Equivalent to ab- + alienate.

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