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arraying

arraying is the present participle and gerund of array.

Meaning of array

Verb

array (third-person singular simple present arrays, present participle arraying, simple past and past participle arrayed)

  1. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
    • He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
  2. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
    • It is a noble ambition, and the forces arrayed against it are mighty.2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN
  3. To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
    • Alſo, though there be no perſonal objection againſt the ſheriff, yet if he arrays the panel at the nomination, or under the direction of either party, this is good cauſe of challenge to the array.1768, William Blackstone, “Of the Trial by Jury”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book III (Of Private Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 359

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Noun

arraying (plural arrayings)

  1. The act of clothing or adorning.
    • The oratory closed, the dormitory became the scene of ablutions, arrayings and bedizenings curiously elaborate. To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little.1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette

Forms of arraying

pluralarrayings

Questions about arraying

What does arraying mean?
Arraying means the act of clothing or adorning.
What is arraying the present participle and gerund of?
Arraying is the present participle and gerund of array.
What part of speech is arraying?
Arraying is a noun.
What is the plural of arraying?
The plural of arraying is arrayings.

Words near arraying in the dictionary

  1. arrayed
  2. arrayer
  3. arrayers
  4. arrayest
  5. arrayeth
  6. arraying
  7. arrayings
  8. arraylet
  9. arraylets
  10. arraylike
  11. arrayment

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