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alien | et |

As a verb alien

is .

As a noun et is

east.

alien

English

Alternative forms

* alyaunte

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  • A foreigner residing in a country.
  • * 1773 , William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, Volume 1 (Fifth Edition) , page 372
    • An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.
  • * 1831 , John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia , U.S. Government
    • The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens , not owing allegiance to the United States.
  • * 2004 , Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice , Destiny Image Publishers, page 74
    • Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine.
  • Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
  • One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
  • * Bible, Ephes. ii. 12
    • Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.

    Synonyms

    * * See also

    Related terms

    * alienage * space alien

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an alien.
  • Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
    • alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores
  • Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
    • principles alien to our religion
  • * Wordsworth
    • An alien sound of melancholy.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To estrange; to alienate.
  • (legal) To transfer the ownership of something.

    • Alternative forms

    * aliene

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en ----

    et

    English

    (wikipedia et)

    Etymology 1

    From French

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) and
    • See also
    * , et alia, et aliae, et alii, et alios * et alibi * *

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (colloquial, or, dialectal) (eat)
  • * 1896: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=638956722&textreg=2&query=+he+et&id=TwaDete]
    • Well, the man was astonished, of course; and first off he looked like he didn't know whether to be scared, or glad, or both, or which, but finally he settled down to being glad; and then his color come back, though at first his face had turned pretty white. So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
  • * 1907: O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seats_of_the_Haughty]
    • 'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
  • * 1919: Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim
    • Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper. And it's awful silly to call it dinner. 'Breakfast, dinner and supper, created He them.' I believe I could find them very words in the Bible if I set out to hunt.
  • * 1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit :
    • Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
  • * 18 February 1946 , Life'' magazine:
    • It must have been somethin’ I et !
  • * 1996 , Dana Lyons, "Cows with Guns":
    • They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry
  • * 2001 , Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit , page 220:
    • Something I et ?

    Anagrams

    * English coordinating conjunctions ----