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allineate

allineate verb: to align.

Verb

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

  1. To align.
    • the intended base line allineated by placing a telescope a little beyond one of its proposed extremities1867, John Frederick William Herschel, Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects

Forms of allineate

third-person singular presentallineates
present participleallineating
past participleallineated
pastallineated

Origin of allineate

Borrowed from the past participle of Italian allineare.

Questions about allineate

What does allineate mean?
Allineate means to align.
What part of speech is allineate?
Allineate is a verb.
What is the past tense of allineate?
The past tense of allineate is allineated.

Words near allineate in the dictionary

  1. alliinase
  2. alliinases
  3. alliins
  4. Alliklik
  5. allinase
  6. allineate
  7. allineates
  8. allineation
  9. allineations
  10. Alling
  11. Allingham

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