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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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              Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.
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     2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
        collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
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              A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.
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     3. An imposing series of things.
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              Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.
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     4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
        beautiful apparel. --Dryden.
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     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.
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     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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
              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.

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