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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; <as>as, to <ex>displant</ex> inhabitants</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have <b>displanted</b> Such a fixed constancy. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strip of what is planted or settled; <as>as, to <ex>displant</ex> a country of inhabitants</as>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Dis`plan*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of displanting; removal; displacement.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

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<hw>Dis*plat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hakewill.</i>

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<hw>Dis*play"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Displayed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Displaying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>displaien</ets>, <ets>desplaien</ets>, OF. <ets>despleier</ets>, <ets>desploier</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82ployer</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>pleier</ets>, <ets>ploier</ets>, <ets>plier</ets>, F. <ets>ployer</ets>, <ets>plier</ets>, to fold, bend, L. <ets>plicare</ets>. See <er>Ply</er>, and cf. <er>Deploy</er>, <er>Splay</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.</def>

<blockquote>The northern wind his wings did broad <b>display</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.</def>

<blockquote>His statement . . . <b>displays</b> very clearly the actual condition of the army. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.</def>

<blockquote>Proudly <b>displaying</b> the insignia of their order. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To discover; to descry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And from his seat took pleasure to <b>display</b> The city so adorned with towers. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.</syn>

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<hw>Dis*play"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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