Meanings
verballineate (third-person singular simple present allineates, present participle allineating, simple past and past participle allineated)
present singular third person allineates · participle present allineating · participle past allineated · past allineated
- To align.
the intended base line allineated by placing a telescope a little beyond one of its proposed extremities
1867, John Frederick William Herschel, Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects
Origin
- Italianallineare
- Englishallineate
Borrowed from the past participle of Italian allineare.
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