What is "abalienate"

Abalienate \Ab*al"ien*ate\ ([a^]b*[=a]l"yen*[=a]t; 94, 106), 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.

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

3. To cause alienation of (mind).
   --Sandys.

1550s, from Latin abalienatus, past participle of abalienare "to remove, literally "to make alien," from ab- (see ab-) + alienare (see alienate). Related: Abalienated; abalienating.\n

vb. 1 (context civil law transitive English) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. 2 (context obsolete English) To estrange; to cause alienation of.