Displayed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Displayed \Dis*played"\, a.
     1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or
        ostentatiously.
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     2. (Her.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of prey,


        esp. an eagle.
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     3. (Print.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to
        catch the eye.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The northern wind his wings did broad display.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into
        line. --Farrow.
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     3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the
        sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
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              His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
              condition of the army.                --Burke.
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     4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or
        ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to
        parade.
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              Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
                                                    --Prescott.
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     5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
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     6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]
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              And from his seat took pleasure to display
              The city so adorned with towers.      --Chapman.
  
     7. (Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible
        manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.
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     Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
          flaunt.
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