DISPLAY

display. display, spread abroade

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(1) General References to Es 1:4; 5:11; Isa 39:2; Lu 20:46; Ac 25:23 --SEE Pride (2), PRIDE Glory of Man, HONOUR Rich Apparel, DRESS (2) In Religious Service 2Ki 10:16; Mt 6:2,5,16; 23:5; Lu 18:12

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display. Display, v.t. to spread, show, exhibit, describe

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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. 1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
The northern wind his wings did broad display. Spenser. 2. 2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.
3. 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. 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. 5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
6. 6. To discover; to descry.
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.