DISPLAY

Definitions

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. 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. To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
6. 6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.