a 1 l 1 i 1 e 1 n 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
verb transfer property or ownership
verb make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
originFrom Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. By surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- latina 6
- lenite 6
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- tenail 6
- teniae 6
- tineal 6