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   Ar·ray

   /əˈrā/

   

   noun

   • 1. an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing: "there is a vast array of literature on the topic"
   • 2. an ordered series or arrangement: "several arrays of solar panels will help provide power" Similar arrangementassemblingassemblagelineupformationorderingdispositionmarshalingmusteramassingshowdisplayexhibitionpresentationexpositionspectacleagglomerationcollectionaggregationraftrangevarietyassortmentdiversitymixtureselection
   • ▪ an arrangement of troops: "I shall have my men drawn up here in battle array ready to come to your help"
   • ▪ an arrangement of quantities or symbols in rows and columns; a matrix.
   • ▪ an indexed set of related elements.
   • 3. elaborate or beautiful clothing: literary "he was clothed in fine array" Similar dressattireapparelclothinggarbfinerygarmentsinformal:garms
   • 4. a list of jurors empaneled.

   verb

   • 1. display or arrange (things) in a particular way: "the forces arrayed against him" Similar arrangeassembledraw upgrouporderrangeplacepositionset outset forthdisposemarshalmusterlay outdisplayexhibitput on showput on displayput on viewexpose to viewunveilpresentuncoverreveal
   • 2. dress someone in (the clothes specified): "they were arrayed in Hungarian national dress" Similar dressattireclotherobegarbdeckdeck outdrapeaccoutreoutfitfit outcostumeget upturn outtrick out/upinformal:doll uparchaic:apparelbedizencaparisoninvesthabittrap out
   • 3. empanel (a jury).

   Word 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’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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