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array

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. reii 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. ()

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 ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. ()

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. ()

v. t. [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. ()

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