aline

¹ American  

[uh-lahyn] / əˈlaɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

alined, alining

1. align.

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Aline ² American  

[uh-leen, al-een] / əˈlin, ˈæl in /

noun

1. a first name, form of Adeline.

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aline British  

/ əˈlaɪn /

verb

1. a rare spelling of align

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Other Word Forms

• alinement noun
• aliner noun
• nonalined adjective
• self-alining adjective

Example Sentences

McLaurin’s 39-yard catch, for instance, came on third and 9 and kept Washington’s first scoring drive aline.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2021

Tumbleweeds should roll by in the foreground every time Rust utters aline like that.

From Time • Mar. 3, 2014

I write aline only to tell you that my marriage is broken off.

From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George

The author of this book used the spellings "aline," "gage," and "hight" for the conventional spellings "align," "gauge," and "height."

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)

Guide them by mind, aline them by courtesy; they will learn shame and grow good.

From The Sayings Of Confucius by Lyall, Leonard Arthur