ETYM French aligner; ŕ (Latin ad) + ligne (Latin linea) line. Related to Line, Allineate.
1. To align oneself with a group or a way of thinking; SYN. array.
2. To align with; be or come into adjustment.
3. To bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; SYN. coordinate.
4. To place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel; SYN. aline, line up, adjust.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling of equalize.
(Alternate spelling: equalise).
To compensate; make the score equal; SYN. get even.
ETYM AS. gangan, akin to OS. and Old High Germ. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan.
To act as a gang; SYN. gang up.
1. To make square; SYN. square up.
2. To position so as to be square:
3. To be compatible with
4. To cause to match, as of ideas or acts.
5. To pay someone and settle a debt
6. To raise to the second power
(Alternate spelling: synchronise).
1. To happen at the same time; SYN. contemporize.
2. To make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; SYN. sync.
3. To make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action.
4. To arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; SYN. contemporize.
Keep equilibrium, keep balance
To bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium.