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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Array \Ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrayed}; p. pr & vb n. {Arraying}.] [OE. araien arraien fr OE arraier arreier arreer arroier fr arrai. See {Array}, n.] 1. To place or dispose in order as troops for battle; to marshal. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade. --Campbell. These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. --Farrar. 2. 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. --Gen. xli.?. In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. --Trumbull. 3. (Law) To set in order as a jury, for the trial of a cause that is to call them man by man. --Blackstone. {To array a panel}, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. --Cowell. --Tomlins. Syn: To draw up arrange; dispose; set in order
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