Al"ien*ate (āl"yen*&asl;t), a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene.] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

O alienate from God.
Milton.

Al"ien*ate (-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alienated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.

The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
Macaulay.

The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.
I. Taylor.

Al"ien*ate (&?;), n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]

• Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.
       
• O alienate from God. John Milton. Paradise Lost line 4643.
  
• To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
  
• To estrange; towithdraw affections or attention; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean; with from.
       The errors which... alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. -Macaulay.
       The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. -I. Taylor.
  
• (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.