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abalienate.

To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/General-American/æbˈeɪ.li.əˌneɪt/General-American
  1. To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

    transitive
  2. To estrange in feeling; to cause alienation of.

    obsolete
  3. To to cause loss or perversion of intellect.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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