The Wordsmith Dictionary

Ar *ray ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying. ]Etym: [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 )

Defn: 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.

ARRAYER

ARRAYER Ar *ray "er, n.

Defn: One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

New American Oxford Dictionary

array

ar ray |əˈrā əˈreɪ | ▶noun 1 an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing: there is a vast array of literature on the topic | a bewildering array of choices. 2 an ordered arrangement, in particular: • an arrangement of troops. • Mathematics an arrangement of quantities or symbols in rows and columns; a matrix. • Computing an indexed set of related elements. • Law a list of jurors empaneled. 3 literary elaborate or beautiful clothing: he was clothed in fine array. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 display or arrange (things ) in a particular way: arrayed across the table was a buffet | the forces arrayed against him. 2 (usu. be arrayed in ) dress someone in (the clothes specified ): they were arrayed in Hungarian national dress. 3 Law empanel (a jury ). ORIGIN Middle English (in the senses ‘preparedness ’ and ‘place in readiness ’): from Old French arei (noun ), areer (verb ), based on Latin ad- ‘toward ’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare. ’

Oxford Dictionary

array

array |əˈreɪ | ▶noun 1 an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing: there is a vast array of literature on the topic | a bewildering array of choices. 2 an ordered arrangement, in particular: • an arrangement of troops. • Mathematics an arrangement of quantities or symbols in rows and columns; a matrix. • Computing an indexed set of related elements. 3 [ mass noun ] literary elaborate or beautiful clothing: he was clothed in fine array. 4 Law a list of jurors impanelled. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. and adverbial of place ] display or arrange (things ) in a particular way: the manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him. 2 [ with obj. ] (usu. be arrayed in ) dress someone in (the clothes specified ): they were arrayed in Hungarian national dress. 3 [ with obj. ] Law impanel (a jury ). ORIGIN Middle English (in the senses ‘preparedness ’ and ‘place in readiness ’): from Old French arei (noun ), areer (verb ), based on Latin ad- ‘towards ’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

array

array noun 1 a huge array of cars: range, collection, selection, assortment, diversity, variety; arrangement, assemblage, lineup, formation; display, exhibition, exposition. 2 she arrived in silken array: dress, attire, clothing, garb, garments; finery, apparel. ▶verb 1 a buffet was arrayed on the table: arrange, assemble, group, order, place, position, set out, exhibit, lay out, dispose; display. 2 he was arrayed in gray flannel: dress, attire, clothe, garb, deck (out ), outfit, get up, turn out; archaic apparel.

Oxford Thesaurus

array

array noun 1 a huge array of cars met our eyes: arrangement, assembling, assemblage, line-up, formation, ordering, disposition, marshalling, muster, amassing; show, display, exhibition, presentation, exposition, spectacle; agglomeration, collection, aggregation, raft, range, variety, assortment, diversity, mixture, selection. 2 she arrived in silken array: dress, attire, apparel, clothing, garb, finery; garments; informal garms. ▶verb 1 a wonderful buffet was arrayed on the table: arrange, assemble, draw up, group, order, range, place, position, set out, set forth, dispose, marshal, muster; lay out, display, exhibit, put on show, put on display, put on view, expose to view, unveil, present, uncover, reveal. 2 the boy was arrayed in a neat grey flannel suit: dress, attire, clothe, robe, garb, deck, deck out, drape, accoutre, outfit, fit out, costume, get up, turn out, trick out /up; informal doll up; archaic apparel, bedizen, caparison, invest, habit, trap out.

Duden Dictionary

Array

Ar ray Substantiv, Neutrum oder Substantiv, maskulin Fachsprache, besonders EDV , das oder der |əˈreɪ |das und der Array; Genitiv: des Arrays, Plural: die Arrays englisch array < altfranzösisch arei, aroi, zu: areer, aroier = anordnen, aus dem Germanischen bestimmte Anordnung von Objekten, Bauelementen, Schaltelementen, Daten und a

Spanish Dictionary

arrayán

arrayán nombre masculino Arbusto de ramas flexibles y opuestas, hojas opuestas en cruz, apuntadas, ovales o lanceoladas, de color verde intenso, flores blancas y olorosas, solitarias o en grupos de dos y fruto en baya de color negro azulado o blanca y de sabor agradable; puede alcanzar hasta 5 m de altura .SINÓNIMO mirto, murta .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

array

ar ray /əréɪ / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 名詞複～s /-z /1 C 〖通例an ～ of A 〗多様 [さまざま, 莫大（ばくだい）]なA 〈物人など〉; 並べられた [並んだ ]A, A 〈物〉の列, 展示されたA (!Aは複数名詞 ) ▸ The shop offers a vast [wide, huge ] array of imported foods .その店は多種多様な輸入食品を販売している ▸ an array of streetlights 街灯の列 2 C 〖しばしばan ～〗整列, 配列 .3 C 〘化数コンピュ〙(数字要素データなどの一定の )配列, アレイ .4 C U ｟文｠衣装 .動詞他動詞〖通例be ～ed 〗1 ｟文｠〈物人が〉 (美しく )並べられる , 配置される ▸ foods arrayed on the table テーブルに並んだ食べ物 2 ｟かたく｠ «…に対して » 〈兵士軍隊などが〉戦闘配置 [態勢 ]につく ; 〈物人が〉立ちはだかる ; 反対する «against » .

arrayed

ar rayed /əréɪd /形容詞｟文｠〖be ～〗〈人が〉 «…を » (美しく )身にまとって, «…で » 装って «in » .