Third person singular present tense of align; to position things in a straight line or proper relative position.
From Old French 'aligner' (to put in a line) from 'a-' (to, toward) + 'ligne' (line, from Latin 'linea'). The word literally means to make linear or put in rows.
Align is used metaphorically in ways the French couldn't have imagined—'align your values,' 'align with a political party'—we borrowed the visual word and made it mean intellectual agreement.
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