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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	aligned - brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause nonaligned - not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause
	2.	aligned - in a straight line; "pearly teeth evenly aligned" straight - having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

Translations

allineato

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References in classic literature

When the regiment was aligned in another position each man's regard for his safety caused another line of small intrenchments.

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The sun rose presently and sent its unobstructed splendors over the land, and we saw a prodigious host moving slowly toward us, with the steady drift and aligned front of a wave of the sea.

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By this time the music had stopped, and the musicians-a fiddler, and the young lady who played the harmonium on Sundays-were hastily refreshing themselves at one corner of the supper-table which aligned its devastated pie-dishes and ice-cream saucers on the platform at the end of the hall.

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