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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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un·a·ligned   (ŭn'ə-līnd')   
adj.  Nonaligned: unaligned nations.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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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