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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Alien \Al"ien\, a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another;
properly, therefore, belonging to another. See {Else}.]
1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or
to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien
subjects, enemies, property, shores.
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2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent
(with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by
to; as, principles alien from our religion.
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An alien sound of melancholy. --Wordsworth.
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{Alien enemy} (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government
at war with ours. --Abbott.
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