From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Display \Dis*play"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displayed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Displaying}.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF.
despleier, desploier, F. d['e]ployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) +
pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L.
plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Deploy}, {Splay}.]
1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to
spread.
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The northern wind his wings did broad display.
--Spenser.
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2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into
line. --Farrow.
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3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the
sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
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His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
condition of the army. --Burke.
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4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or
ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to
parade.
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Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
--Prescott.
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5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
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6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]
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And from his seat took pleasure to display
The city so adorned with towers. --Chapman.
7. (Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible
manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.
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Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
flaunt.
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