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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Display \Dis*play"\, v. i.
   To make a display; to act as one making a show or
   demonstration. --Shak.
   
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Display \Dis*play"\, n.
   1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
      
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            Having witnessed displays of his power and grace.
                                                  --Trench.
      
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   2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.
      
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            He died, as erring man should die,
            Without display, without parade.      --Byron.
      
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   3. (Electronics) An electronic device on which the output
      signal of another electronic device may be presented in a
      visual form; -- also called {display device}. Typically
      the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube,
      as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual
      display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also
      used. The printed output from a computer or other device
      is not considered as a display.
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   4. (Computers) The output signal from a computer program,
      displayed on a display device. The displayed signal may
      consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image.
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   5. (Biology) a pattern of behavior, such as showing a body
      part to another animal, by which one animal conveys
      information to another, as for mating or defense.
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