单词 | abalienate |
释义 | abalienatev. 1. transitive. To estrange or alienate in feeling; to cause to feel removed or distant. Also: to remove, distance. Frequently with from. Now rare. ΚΠ a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 328 No distances of places, no chance, no perversity of men, shall abalienate me from your clemency and faithfulness. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 202 God may be pleased..so to abalienate, or suspend, corruptions for the present. 1698 J. Crull tr. C. Dellon Voy. to E.-Indies 43 The severity of the Inquisition..serves for nothing else than to abalienate the Infidels from the Christian Church. 1705 J. Crull Contin. Puffendorf's Introd. Hist. Kingdoms Europe iii. 167 I question whether any thing else could have been contrived more Detrimental to the King's Affairs, in order to abalienate the Minds of the English Army, the Officers whereof shew'd their Dislike. 1812 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. 4166 An effort to eloign and abalienate it..from the dark Adyt of my own Being. 1854 J. Eadie Comm. Greek Text of Paul to Ephesians 154 By the formation of the theocracy the other races of men were formally ab-alienated from Israel. 1901 Times 3 Jan. 5/6 Dr. Dalbrück..pointed out strongly the impolicy of systematically abalienating the one Slav race, a race of soldiers, whose support will be most valuable. ΚΠ 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 266 The diuell and his deceitful Angels doe so..abalienate their mindes and trouble their memorie; that they cannot tell what is saide. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 195 Extasies of prophets did not so abalienate their mindes as that they apprehended not what they did or said. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] assign1297 bequeathc1305 alienc1400 analy1405 releasea1425 alienate?a1475 to make over1478 convey1495 transport1523 to put over1542 dispone?1548 design1573 pass1587 to set over1594 transfer1598 abalienate1646 attorn1649 demise1670 enure1736 to will away1773 divest1790 1646 G. Gillespie Aarons Rod i. vii. 69 Houses, lands, persons, &c. are abalienated, when..we cease to owne them as ours. 1796 P. Will tr. Marquis of Grosse Horrid Myst. III. ii. 13 Being averse to sell or to abalienate any thing my sainted Elmira had possessed, I gave her the considerable produce of my little estate as a dowry. 1856 Fountain City (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) Daily Herald 16 Aug. 1/1 After much delacrymation, my dwelling was abalienated, and I am now eremitical. 1861 A. Manning Chron. Ethelfled 164 There were certain law-deeds and parchments, abalienating certain of the portion of lands allotted to me, unto the abbey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1555 |
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