A*light", a. [Pref. a- + light.] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight." Dickens.
A*lign" (&?;), v. t. [F. aligner; à (L. ad) + ligne (L. linea) line. See Line, and cf. Allineate.] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
A*lign", v. t. To form in line; to fall into line.
A*lign"ment (&?;), n. [F. alignement.] 1. 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 adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
2. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
A*like" (*lk), a. [AS. onlc, gelc; pref. + like.] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Ps. cxxxix. 12.
A*like", adv. [AS. gelce, onlce.] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.