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Word Meanings - ALIENEE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.

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  • TITLELESS
    Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
  • TITLED
    Having or bearing a title.
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • TITLER
    A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • POSSESSIONER
    1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc.,
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
    Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • PROPERTY
    All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge
  • ALIENEE
    One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.
  • TITLE-PAGE
    The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.
  • POSSESSIONARY
    Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
  • TRANSFERRIBLE
    Capable of being transferred; transferable.
  • OPPOSABLE
    1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
  • OPPOSE
    1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance
  • OPPOSITISEPALOUS
    Placed in front of a sepal.
  • OPPOSITION
    The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180ยบ; -- signified by the symbol
  • OPPOSITENESS
    The quality or state of being opposite.
  • POSSESSION
    The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy;
  • UNTITLED
    1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser. 2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.
  • IMPROPERTY
    Impropriety.
  • CATCH TITLE
    A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
  • DISPOSSESSION
    The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. (more info) 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.
  • SELF-POSSESSION
    The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
  • INTITLE
    See ENTITLE

 

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