alienen

Catalan

Verb

alienen

1. third-person plural present indicative of alienar

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aliene, alyene, alyen, alyon

Etymology

From Old French aliener, from Latin aliēnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːliˈɛːnən/, /ˈaːliɛnən/, /ˈaːliənən/

Verb

alienen

1. To renounce or forgo lands, possessions, or privileges.
2. To separate, estrange oneself, or renounce allegiance (to a higher power)
3. (rare) To make oneself ineligible refuse benefits.
4. (rare) To repurpose lands; to utilise lands for something different.
5. (rare) To modify or change; to make different.
6. (rare) To take away; to revoke, or split.
7. (rare) To stray or vary from a path.
8. (rare) To waste; to use uselessly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of alienen (weak in -ede)

infinitive	(to) alienen, aliene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	aliene	aliened(e)
2nd-person singular	alienest	alienedest
3rd-person singular	alieneth	aliened(e)
subjunctive singular	aliene
imperative singular		—
plural1	alienen, aliene	alieneden, aliened(e)
imperative plural	alieneth, aliene	—
participles	alienynge, alienende	aliened, yaliened

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: alien, aliene

References

• “aliēnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 March 2019.

Spanish

Verb

alienen

1. inflection of alienar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative