Meaning & use
aline
An archaic spelling of align, meaning to arrange things in a straight line or bring them into agreement.
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Old manuscripts sometimes use aline where a modern writer would simply write align.
The surveyor's notes used the older spelling aline to describe positioning the fence posts.
A note on using this word
Aline is rarely used today; modern writing almost always uses align instead.
Words with a similar meaning
align
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