Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To adjust to a line; lay out or regulate by a line; form in line, as troops. Equivalent forms are align, alline.
- In a straight line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in line
- verb intransitive To form in line; to fall into line.
- verb transitive To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
- verb intransitive To adhere oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dave N.: My own take (and everyone who reads this blog regularly knows my partisan leanings) are that there was an unstated quid pro quo, though probably made in a manner that strongly suggested the desired outcome without crossing aline ...
The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Cover-Up — Sestak Edition 2010
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It does also microscopic change and aline metal and makes a smoother suface, You can see the differance under a scope.
Anyone got an opinion one way or the other on cryogentically treated barrels? 2009
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= An acrostic is "aline of poetry composed in such a way that in reading, in the vertical direction, the first letter of each verse, we find the word used as a theme."
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Think I will set aline while I bass fish this spring I haven't been cat fishing in a while. man that is truly something. great catch
Caledonia, Mississippi Angler Catches (and Releases) New State Record Flathead Catfish 2009
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It does also microscopic change and aline metal and makes a smoother suface, You can see the differance under a scope.
Anyone got an opinion one way or the other on cryogentically treated barrels? 2009
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We've all been there: Your aline in the field, last day of the hunt, the sun is starting to set. you are about to take a do-or-die shot at the next thing that will move ....
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= An acrostic is "aline of poetry composed in such a way that in reading, in the vertical direction, the first letter of each verse, we find the word used as a theme."
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I have found that gentle gathers on an aline skirt that goes midcalf or below the knee is slimming.
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Think I will set aline while I bass fish this spring I haven't been cat fishing in a while. man that is truly something. great catch
Caledonia, Mississippi Angler Catches (and Releases) New State Record Flathead Catfish 2009
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= An acrostic is "aline of poetry composed in such a way that in reading, in the vertical direction, the first letter of each verse, we find the word used as a theme."
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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