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)

• Disarray
• disarrange
• confuse
• jumble
• divest
• denude
• strip
• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice

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.
• JUMBLEMENT
  Confused mixture.
• 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.
• 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.