ARRAY
ARRA'Y, noun1. Order; disposition in regular lines; as an army in battle array Hence a posture of defense.2. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person.3. In law, the act...
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ARRAYED
ARRA'YED, participle passive Set in order, or in lines; arranged in order for attack or defense; dressed; adorned by dress; impaneled, as a jury; enveloped.
ARRAYER
ARRA'YER, noun One who arrays. In English history, an officer who had a commission of array, to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military service.
ARRAYING
ARRA'YING, participle present tense Setting in order; putting on splendid raiment; impaneling.
ARREAR
ARRE'AR, adverb [Latin ad and retro.]Behind; at the hinder part. In this sense obsolete. But from this use, we retain the word as a noun in the phrase, in arrear to signify behi...
ARREARAGE
ARRE'ARAGE, nounArrears; any sum of money remaining unpaid, after previous payment of a part. A person may be in arrear for the whole amount of a debt; but arrears and arrearage...
ARRECT
ARRECT',ARRECT'ED, adjective [Latin arrectus, raised, erect, from arrigo. See Reach.] Erect; attentive; as a person listening.
ARRECTED
ARRECT'ED, a. [L. arrectus, raised, erect, from arrigo. See Reach.] Erect; attentive; as a person listening.
ARRENTATION
ARRENTA'TION, noun [See Rent.]In the forest laws of England, a licensing the owner of land in a forest, to inclose it with a small ditch and low hedge, in consideration of a yea...
ARREPTITIOUS
ARREPTI'TIOUS, adjective [Latin arreptus, of ad and rapio, to snatch. See Rapacious.]1. Snatched away.2. Crept in privily.
ARREST
ARREST', verb transitive [Latin resto, to stop; Eng. to rest. See Rest.]1. To obstruct; to stop; to check or hinder motion; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the s...
ARRESTATION
ARRESTA'TION, noun The act of arresting; an arrest, or seizure.
ARRESTED
ARREST'ED, participle passive Seized; apprehended; stopped; hindered; restrained.
ARRESTER
ARREST'ER,ARREST'ING, participle present tense Seizing; staying; hindering; restraining.
ARRESTING
ARREST'ING, ppr. Seizing; staying; hindering; restraining.
ARRESTMENT
ARREST'MENT, nounThe order of a judge by which a debtor to the arrestor's debtor is prohibited to make payment, till the debt due to the arrestor is paid or secured.
ARRESTOR
ARREST'OR, noun One who arrests.
ARRET
ARRET', noun arreste'.The decision of a court tribunal or council; a decree published; the edict of a soverign prince.ARRET', verb transitive To assign; to allot. obsolete
ARRIDE
ARRI'DE, verb transitive [Latin arrideo.] To laugh at; to please well. [Not in use.]
ARRIERE
ARRIE'RE, noun The last body of an army; now called rear, which see.Arriere-ban, or ban and arriere ban. This phrase is defined to be a general proclamation of the French kings,...
ARRIVAL
ARRI'VAL, noun1. The coming to, or reaching a place, from a distance, whether by water, as in its original sense, or by land.2. The attainment or gaining of any object, by effor...
ARRIVANCE
ARRI'VANCE, noun1. Company coming. [Not used.]2. Arrival; a reading in progress. obsolete
ARRIVE
ARRI'VE, verb intransitive [Latin ripa.]1. Literally, to come to the shore, or bank. Hence to come to or reach in progress by water, followed by at. We arrived at Havre De Grace...
ARRIVING
ARRI'VING, participle present tense Coming to, or reaching by water or land; gaining by research, effort or study.
ARROBA
ARRO'BA, noun A weight in Portugal of thirty two pounds; in Spain, of twenty five pounds. Also a Spanish measure of thirty two Spanish pints.
ARROGANCE
AR'ROGANCE, noun [Latin arrogantia, from arrogo, to claim; of ad and rogo, to beg, or desire. See Arrogate.]The act or quality of taking much upon one's self; that species of pr...
ARROGANCY
AR'ROGANCY, noun Arrogance. [This orthography is less usual.]