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Webster 1913 Edition
Array
Ar-ray′
,Noun.
1.
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
. Gibbon.
2.
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant
array
of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.
3.
An imposing series of things.
Their long
array
of sapphire and of gold. Byron.
4.
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
Dryden.
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.
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.
Ar-ray′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Arrayed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Arraying
.] 1.
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
By torch and trumpet fast
Each horseman drew his battle blade.
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.[GREEK].
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Array
ARRA'Y
,Noun.
1.
Order; disposition in regular lines; as an army in battle array. Hence a posture of defense.2.
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person.3.
In law, the act of impaneling a jury; or a jury impaneled; that is, a jury set in order by the sheriff, or called man by man.Commission of array, in English history, was 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.
ARRA'Y
, v.t.1.
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle.2.
To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; it is applied especially to dress of a splendid kind.Array thyself with glory. Job 40.
Pharaoh arrayed Joseph with fine linen. Gen.41.
3.
To set a jury in order for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.4.
To envelop.In gelid caves with horrid glooms arrayed.