allineate

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from the past participle of Italian allineare.[1]

Verb

allineate (third-person singular simple present allineates, present participle allineating, simple past and past participle allineated)

  1. To align.
    • 1867, John Frederick William Herschel, Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects:
      the intended base line allineated by placing a telescope a little beyond one of its proposed extremities

References

  1. ^ “allineate, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2021.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

allineate

  1. inflection of allineare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

allineate f pl

  1. feminine plural of allineato

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