vbl. sb. [f. ALIEN v. + -ING1.] = ALIENATING; the action of estranging, estrangement; or of transferring to another owner.

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1382.  Wyclif, Job xxxi. 3. And alienyng to men werkende wickednesse.

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1494.  Fabyan, VII. 577. Ye olde mayre and shryues contynued theyr offyces to the termys accustomed of theyr alienynge.

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1642.  Rogers, Naaman, 409. For the aliening of his heart from the Protestant Religion.

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1768.  Blackstone, Comm., I. 303. In order to prevent such idiots from aliening their lands.

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1875.  Poste, Gaius, II. (ed. 2), 164. A power of aliening from all who … might succeed by descent.

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