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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade. --Campbell. [1913 Webster] These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. --Farrar. [1913 Webster] 2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. [1913 Webster] Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. --Gen. xli.?. [1913 Webster] In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] {To array a panel}, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. --Cowell. --Tomlins. [1913 Webster] Syn: To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Array \Ar*ray"\, n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. {Ready}, {Greith}, {Curry}.] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. [1913 Webster] Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] 2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. [1913 Webster] A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 3. An imposing series of things. [1913 Webster] Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. [1913 Webster] {To challenge the array} (Law), to except to the whole panel. --Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount. {Commission of array} (Eng. Hist.), 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. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: array n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" 2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall" 3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: {array}, {raiment}, {regalia}] 4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics v 1: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn: {range}, {array}, {lay out}, {set out}] 2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: {align}, {array}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Array /aːrreː/ array