Etymology

alienans

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Today it means: Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand. Full definition →

Latin aliēnāns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromaliēnāns
  2. English todayalienans

From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).

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