Dis*play" , n.
1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
Having witnessed displays of his power
and grace.
Trench. 2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.
He died, as erring
man should die,
Without display, without parade.
Byron.
Dis*play" , v. i. To make a display; to act as one making a show
or demonstration.
Shak.
Dis*play" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Displaying.]
[OE.
displaien, desplaien, OF.
despleier, desploier, F. déployer; 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.
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