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Aligning   /əlˈaɪnɪŋ/   Listen
Aligning

adjective
1.
Causing to fall into line or into position.  Synonym: positioning.


Align

verb
1.
Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.  Synonyms: adjust, aline, line up.  "Align the sheets of paper on the table"
2.
Be or come into adjustment with.
3.
Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.  Synonym: array.
4.
Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.  Synonyms: coordinate, ordinate.  "Ordinate similar parts"



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"Aligning" Quotes from Famous Books



... cared less. Hence, on the battle-field, he was more of a free lance than a machine. Who ever saw a Confederate line advancing that was not crooked as a ram's horn? Each ragged rebel yelling on his own hook and aligning on himself! But there is as much need of the machine-made soldier as of the self-reliant soldier, and the concentrated blow is always the most effective blow. The erratic effort of the Confederate, ...
— Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War • G. F. R. Henderson
... would be far too much to say that she charmed them, but all of her callers were interested, many of them were entertained, and a few became her warm defenders. Aunt Delia McCormick surprised every one by aligning herself with this latter minority. She declared, after her first call, that Miss Caroline was "a dear"; and after the second call, that she was "a poor dear," and she forthwith became of service to the newcomer in a thousand ways known only ...
— The Boss of Little Arcady • Harry Leon Wilson


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