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Arraying
(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.
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By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle blade. --Campbell.
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These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
--Farrar.
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2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to
envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
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Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
--Gen. xli.?.
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In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
--Trumbull.
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3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a
cause; that is, to call them man by man. --Blackstone.
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To array a panel, to set forth in order the men that are
impaneled. --Cowell. --Tomlins.
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Syn: To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.
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Disarraying
(gcide) | Disarray \Dis`ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarrayed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Disarraying.] [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF.
desarroyer, desarreier.]
1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
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Who with fiery steeds
Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. --Fenton.
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2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
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So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed.
--Spenser.
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