array
/əˈɹeɪ/ verb C2- To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire. · He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
- To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
He/she/it arrays · Past arrayed · Past participle arrayed · -ing form arraying
Verb forms
- Base form
- array
- He/she/it
- arrays
- Past
- arrayed
- Past participle
- arrayed
- -ing form
- arraying
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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.
His thin but wiry legs were arrayed in a pair of richly embroidered clocked stockings, evidently of English manufacture, while from his three-cornered hat depended a long streaming knot of white and blue ribbons.
They therefore chose as leaders Mice that were most renowned for their family descent, strength, and counsel, as well as those most noted for their courage in the fight, so that they might be better marshaled in battle array and formed into troops, regiments, and battalions.
And although the entertainment was fixed for twelve o’clock, an hour previous to that time the balcony was filled with impatient and expectant guests, consisting of the favored part of the crew of the Pharaon, and other personal friends of the bridegroom, the whole of whom had arrayed themselves in their choicest costumes, in order to do greater honor to the occasion.
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