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arrayed

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ar·ray  (-r)
tr.v. ar·rayed, ar·ray·ing, ar·rays
1. To set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement: arrayed the whole regiment on the parade ground.
2. To dress in finery; adorn.
n.
1. An orderly, often imposing arrangement: an array of royal jewels.
2. An impressively large number, as of persons or objects: an array of heavily armed troops; an array of spare parts. See Synonyms at display.
3. Splendid attire; finery.
4. Mathematics
a. A rectangular arrangement of quantities in rows and columns, as in a matrix.
b. Numerical data linearly ordered by magnitude.
5. Computer Science An arrangement of memory elements in one or more planes.
[Middle English arraien, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Vulgar Latin *arrdre; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.arrayed - in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; "professors arrayed in robes"
panoplied
clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"


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Being naturally great mimics of men's actions, they showed themselves most apt pupils, and when arrayed in their rich clothes and masks, they danced as well as any of the courtiers.
Fables by Aesop View in context
] The pier was crowded with carriages and men; passengers were arriving and hurrying on board; the vessel's decks were encumbered with trunks and valises; groups of excursionists, arrayed in unattractive traveling costumes, were moping about in a drizzling rain and looking as droopy and woebegone as so many molting chickens.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
This accomplished, and arrayed in his splendid shaggy garments, he went to Ozma's banquet hall and found the Scarecrow, the Wizard and Dorothy already assembled there.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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