Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abalienate

/æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: abalien-ate
IPA: /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

verb

To estrange in feeling; to cause alienation of.

Obsolete

verb

To to cause loss or perversion of intellect.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thereat the holy mother took grief; for, if I died before my profession, what would become of the goodly hereditaments that were to be abalienated to the monastery."
"In addition, compelling to sell was not necessary either, because the foreigner, led by economic logic and his own interests, would try hard to abalienate the objects and means of work which are not used in production or in some other type of […]"
"[…] serves for nothing else than to abalienate the Infidels from the Christian Church."
"National distinction did not, indeed, exist in patriarchal times, but by the formation of the theocracy the other races of men were formally abalienated from Israel, and no doubt their own vices and idolatry justified their exclusion."
"The devil and his deceitful angels do so bewitch them, and fill their hearts with vain cogitations, so abalienate their minds, and trouble their memory, that they cannot tell what is said: it is forgotten by that it is spoken."

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ab
Root: *h₂el-, abaliēnātus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

abalienates (present, singular) abalienating (participle, present) abalienated (participle, past) abalienated (past)

Derived Forms

abalienation

Frequently Paired Words

alienate

Questions

How do you pronounce abalienate?: The recorded pronunciation is /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/.
What does abalienate mean?: To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
Where does abalienate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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