allineate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the past participle of Italian allineare.

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

Further reading

• “allineate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

Anagrams

• alleniate, anelliate