alienen

Catalan

Verb

alienen

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of alienen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) alienen, aliene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	aliene	aliened
2nd-person singular	alienest	alienedest
3rd-person singular	alieneth	aliened
subjunctive singular	aliene	aliened
imperative singular	aliene	—

plural¹	alienen, aliene	alieneden, alienede
imperative plural	alieneth, aliene	—

participles	alienynge, alienende	aliened, yaliened

¹Sometimes 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 2019-03-03.

Spanish

Verb

alienen

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

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