From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Array \Ar*ray"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Arrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraying}.] [OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See {Array}, noun]
1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade. --Campbell.
These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. --Farrar.
2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. --Gen. xli.?.
In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. --Trumbull.
3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. --Blackstone.
{To array a panel}, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. --Cowell. --Tomlins.
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