v. t. [ L. abalienatus, p. p. of abalienare; ab + alienus foreign, alien. See Alien. ] 1. (Civil Law) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To estrange; to withdraw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause alienation of (mind). Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abalienatio: cf. F. abaliénation. ] The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ For allerliefest dearest of all. See Lief. ] Most beloved. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else. ] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. aliéner, L. alienare. ] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [ R. ] “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being alienated. “The alienability of the domain.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aliénable. ] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. aliénage. ] 1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene. ] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

O alienate from God. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alienated p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating. ] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stranger; an alien. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 socially disoriented. we live in an age of rootless alienated people
Syn. -- anomic, disoriented [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having become indifferent or hostile to one's peers or social group.
Syn. -- estranged [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. aliénation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate. ] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who alienates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. [ 1913 Webster ]

It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aliéniste. ] One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. aliéneur. ] One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. ala wing + E. ethomoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alto-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alto-rilievos [ It. ] (Sculp.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo-rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, or low relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By application. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, applies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an associate degree conferred for successful studies in applied science.
Syn. -- AAS [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖pos>n. [ F. ] A workshop; a studio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bailiff. ] An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Bailiff. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Bailie. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bandoulière (cf. It. bandoliera, Sp. bandolera), fr. F. bande band, Sp. & It. banda. See Band, n. ] 1. A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. bannum leucae, banleuca; bannum jurisdiction + leuca league. ] The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bas-relief; bas low + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo. ] Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ It. basso-rilievo. ] Same as Bas-relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bas-relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belied p. pr. & vb. n. Belying ] [ OE. bilien, bili&unr_;en, AS. beleógan; pref. be- + leógan to lie. See Lie, n. ] 1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a false representation or account of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mimic; to counterfeit. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To fill with lies. [ Obs. ] “The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. geleáfa. See Believe. ] 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man can attain [ to ] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing believed; the object of belief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ultimate belief, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having belief or faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Believed p. pr. & vb. n. Believing. ] [ OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS. ge-), fr. AS. gel&unr_;fan, gel&unr_;fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil&unr_;bian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See Lief, a., Leave, n. ] To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our conqueror (whom I now
Of force believe almighty). Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? Acts xxvi. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

Often followed by a dependent clause.
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Expect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. Rom. x. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To think; to suppose. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will not believe so meanly of you. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

To believe in. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. “She does not believe in Jupiter.” J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. --
To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a ruptured belly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. frightened into submission or compliance.
Syn. -- browbeaten, cowed, hangdog, intimidated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. (Falconry) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies,
Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel. ] (Falconry) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced
To cancelier. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Chevalier, Caballine. ] 1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts. [ 1913 Webster ]