"aline" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈlaɪn/ [UK], /æˈlaɪn/ [UK]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From Middle English aline (“in line”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aline||in line}} Middle English aline (“in line”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} aline (not comparable)
  1. In line. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: alinement
    Sense id: en-aline-en-adv-MUDL2WGB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /əˈlaɪn/ [UK], /æˈlaɪn/ [UK] Forms: alines [present, singular, third-person], alining [participle, present], alined [participle, past], alined [past]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From a- + line, possibly from Middle English alinen (“copulate”), Middle French aligner. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|line}} a- + line, {{inh|en|enm|alinen||copulate}} Middle English alinen (“copulate”), {{der|en|frm|aligner}} Middle French aligner Head templates: {{en-verb}} aline (third-person singular simple present alines, present participle alining, simple past and past participle alined)
  1. (US, rare, dated) Alternative form of align Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, dated, rare Alternative form of: align Related terms: realine
    Sense id: en-aline-en-verb--woeWsEn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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