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Synonyms
a·lign (ə-līń)

[French aligner, from Old French, a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–), + ligne, line (from Latin līnea; see line1).]

verb: a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns. 

transitive verb 

  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.

intransitive verb 

  1. To adhere to a prescribed course of action.
  2. To move or be adjusted into proper relationship or orientation.

derivatives

a·ligńer
noun