Array
Ar·ray
Array
n.
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Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array.
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The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.
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An imposing series of things.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold.
- Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
- A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- To challenge the array
- to except to the whole panel.
- Commission of array
- a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
Array
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Arrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying
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To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade.
These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
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To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
- To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- To array a panel
- to set forth in order the men that are impaneled.