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a⋅lign

  [uh-lahyn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
2. to bring into a line or alignment.
3. to bring into cooperation or agreement with a particular group, party, cause, etc.: He aligned himself with the liberals.
4. to adjust (two or more components of an electronic circuit) to improve the response over a frequency band, as to align the tuned circuits of a radio receiver for proper tracking throughout its frequency range, or a television receiver for appropriate wide-band responses.
–verb (used without object)
5. to fall or come into line; be in line.
6. to join with others in a cause.
Also, aline.

Origin:
1685–95; < F aligner, equiv. to a- a- 5 + ligner < L līneāre, deriv. of līnea line 1

Related forms:
a⋅lign⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. straighten.
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a·lign   (ə-līn')   
v.   a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns

v.   tr.
  1. To arrange in a line or so as to be parallel: align the tops of a row of pictures; aligned the car with the curb.
  2. To adjust (parts of a mechanism, for example) to produce a proper relationship or orientation: aligning the wheels of a truck.
  3. To ally (oneself, for example) with one side of an argument or cause: aligned themselves with the free traders.
v.   intr.
  1. To adhere to a prescribed course of action.
  2. To move or be adjusted into proper relationship or orientation.

[French aligner, from Old French : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + ligne, line (from Latin līnea; see line1).]
a·lign'er n.
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Align

A*lign"\, v. t. [F. aligner; [`a] (L. ad) + ligne (L. linea) line. See Line, and cf. Allineate.] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

Align

A*lign"\, v. t. To form in line; to fall into line.
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Language Translation for : align
Spanish: alinear,
German: ausrichten,
Japanese: 一直線にする
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align 
c.1410, from M.Fr. aligner, from O.Fr. alignier, from à "to" + lignier "to line," from L. lineare, from linea (see line). Alignment first attested 1790.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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