# abalienate

> English word · Verb · IPA /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/

## Definitions
1. To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
2. To estrange in feeling; to cause alienation of.
3. To to cause loss or perversion of intellect.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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