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Aline

adv, name, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In line. not-comparable

    "Nay looke you, I know twas true, For his father built a chimney in my fathers house, And the brickes are aline at this day to testifie."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from French.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Idaho.
  3. 3
    A small town in Oklahoma.
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of align. US, alt-of, alternative, dated, rare

    "Nuclear Orientation. Studies made of the photoneutron cross section in the region of the giant resonance, using an alined holmium target, directly confirmed the theory that this cross section is associated with the two axes of the deformed nucleus."

  2. 2
    place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a- + line, possibly from Middle English alinen (“copulate”), Middle French aligner.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aline (“in line”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Aline.

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