Ar·ray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying.]
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 To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
To array a panel, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled.
Syn: -- To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.
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arrayed
adj : in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; "professors arrayed
in robes" [syn: panoplied]