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Aline

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.

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Manner of action 8

Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Collimate 76% connected

To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concenter 76% connected

Alt. of Concentre

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Concentre 76% connected

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Focalize 76% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synchronize 76% connected

To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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True 76% connected

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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Broader term 1

Reorient 76% connected

Rising again.

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Derivationally related 2

Alignment 74% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alignment 74% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Adjust 92% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Align 92% connected

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Skew 94% connected

Awry; obliquely; askew.

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Skew 94% connected

Awry; obliquely; askew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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