Word Meanings - ARRAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reithi rigging, harness; akin to E. 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement;
Additional info about word: ARRAY
arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reithi rigging, harness; akin to E. 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. A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. The panel itself. The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. To challenge the array , to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Commission of array , 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ARRAY)
- Arm Equip
- gird
- accoutre
- array
- Clothe
- Invest
- robe
- drape
- dress
- attire
- cover
- Dress
- Garniture
- preparation
- arrangement
- clothing
- habiliments
- accoutrements
- vestments
- uniform
- raiment
- apparel
- clothes
- garments
- livery
- costume
- garb
- investiture
- Robe
- clothe
- deck
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ARRAY)
Related words: (words related to ARRAY)
- EQUIPENSATE
To weigh equally; to esteem alike. - EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
Equality of weight; equipoise. - INVESTIGATION
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, - DIVESTITURE
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. - EQUIPOTENTIAL
Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential. - EXHIBITION
The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, - DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting. - STRIPPING
The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - EXHIBITIONER
One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot. - UNIFORMISM
The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism. - JUMBLEMENT
Confused mixture. - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - COVERLET
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. - INVESTIGATIVE
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. - DRAPERY
1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon. 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. 3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, - PRODUCEMENT
Production. - UNIFORMAL
Uniform. Herrick. - EQUIPEDAL
Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal. - COVERCLE
A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne. - UNDRESS
To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. - SAILCLOTH
Duck or canvas used in making sails. - DEMANDRESS
A woman who demands. - UNATTIRE
To divest of attire; to undress. - RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott. - BEDCLOTHES
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. - UNSTRIPED
Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped. - IMPREPARATION
Want of preparation. Hooker. - OFFENDRESS
A woman who offends. Shak. - HEARSECLOTH
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.