Align Definition

ə-līn

aligned, aligning, aligns

verb

aligned, aligning, aligns

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.

American Heritage

To bring into a straight line; adjust by line.

Webster's New World

To come or fall into line; line up.

Webster's New World

To adjust (parts of a mechanism, for example) to produce a proper relationship or orientation.

Aligning the wheels of a truck.

American Heritage

To bring (parts or components, as the wheels of a car) into proper coordination.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Align

French aligner from Old French a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) ligne line (from Latin līnea line¹)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English alynen, alinen (“copulate”), Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier.

From Wiktionary