Hypertext Webster Gateway: "displayed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Display \Dis*play"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displayed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Displaying}.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF.
despleier, desploier, F. d['e]ployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) +
pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L.
plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Deploy}, {Splay}.]
1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to
spread.

The northern wind his wings did broad display.
--Spenser.

2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into
line. --Farrow.

3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the
sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.

His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
condition of the army. --Burke.

4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or
ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to
parade.

Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
--Prescott.

5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]

And from his seat took pleasure to display The city
so adorned with towers. --Chapman.

Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
flaunt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Displayed \Dis*played"\, a.
1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or
ostentatiously.

2. (Her.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray,
esp. an eagle.

3. (Print.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to
catch the eye.


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