Present participle of alien; transferring property or rights; causing estrangement or isolation.
From alien (verb) + -ing (a suffix forming present participles and gerunds). Shows the active, ongoing nature of the alienating process.
Medieval records describe nobles 'aliening lands' to the church—a formal process repeated so often it became a standard legal procedure, showing how verbs about foreigners got repurposed for property transfer.
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