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Array

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Narrower term 7

Bank 76% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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Column 76% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Matrix 76% connected

The womb.

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Panoply 76% connected

Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

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Row 76% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Spectrum 76% connected

An apparition; a specter.

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Table 76% connected

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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Compart 76% connected

To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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See also 2

Put 66% connected

A pit.

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Put 66% connected

A pit.

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Synonym 4

Align 92% connected

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Raiment 92% connected

Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regalia 92% connected

That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or para…

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