I. əˈrā, aˈ- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English arayen, arrayen, from Old French areer, arayer, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin arredare to arrange, from Latin ad- + (assumed) Vulgar Latin redare to provide, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic garaiths arranged — more at ready
1.
a. : to set or place in order : draw up : marshal
time to array his men at the townward wall — A.C.Whitehead
served only to array public sentiment … against the owners — W.J.Ghent
b. : to set or set forth in order (as a jury) for the trial of a cause : call (as a jury) man by man
2. : to clothe or dress especially in splendid or impressive attire : dress up : deck out : adorn
did she not array herself in what seemed unbelievably beautiful clothes — Sherwood Anderson
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English aray, array, from Old French arrai, arroi, aroi order, arrangement, dress, from areer, arayer
1.
a. : a regular and imposing grouping or arrangement : order
tending to place the great geographical interests in hostile array — U.B.Phillips
b. : military order
with horse and chariots ranked in loose array — John Milton
c.
(1) : an orderly listing of jurors impaneled
(2) : jury
d. : a group of individuals or kinds of individuals that has a definite modal point forming a center of variation
an interesting array of halophiles
2.
a. : clothing , attire
clad in white array
b. : rich or beautiful apparel : finery
my silks and fine array — William Blake
3.
a. : the summoning of a military force
b. : a body of soldiers : militia
the rule was established that foreign wars should be conducted by the feudal array — Edward Jenks
4.
a. : an imposing group of company or persons : large number
such an array of attorneys — Sinclair Lewis
b. : an impressive list, series, or group of things : supply , display
it revives the past as no array of facts can do — H.C.Perkins
this rather bewildering array of records and playing equipment — Herbert Kupferberg
5.
a. : a number of mathematical elements arranged in rows and columns
a square determinant array
a rectangular array
b. : a series of statistical observations or data arranged in classes in order of magnitude : a statistical distribution
6. : antenna array
Synonyms: see display
III. transitive verb
: to arrange or display in or as if in an array
the … data are arrayed in descending order — Ed Burnett
IV. noun
1. : an arrangement of computer memory elements in a single plane
2. : a group of elements forming a complete unit
an array of solar cells
3. : a data structure in which similar elements of data are arranged in a table