align

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To agree with or support a person, group, or set of ideas.

   The company's goals align closely with our own values.

2. 2
   verb

   To arrange things in a straight line or in the correct position.

   Make sure you align the edges of the paper before you staple them.

From Middle English alynen, alinen (“copulate”), from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from a- + lignier, from Latin lineare (“make straight or perpendicular”), from the noun linea (“line”), from līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līnom (compare linen).

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