Both Uses of
alienate
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- It has been alienated from the Pyncheons these four-score years; but the Judge had kept it in his eye, and had set his heart on reannexing it to the small demesne still left around the Seven Gables; and now, during this odd fit of oblivion, the fatal hammer must have fallen, and transferred our ancient patrimony to some alien possessor.†
Chpt 18
- This course of conduct had alienated the old bachelor's affection, once strongly fixed upon him.†
Chpt 21 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(alienate) make feel emotionally separated
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In law, "alienate" can mean to transfer property or ownership.