Arrayment (v. t.) Clothes; raiment.
Arranged (imp. & p. p.) of Arrange
Arranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrange
Arrange (v. t.) 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.
Arrange (v. t.) To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
Arrangement (n.) The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
Arrangement (n.) The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnaean arrangement of plants.
Arrangement (n.) Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.
Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
Arrangement (n.) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
Arrangement (n.) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
Arranger (n.) One who arranges.
Arrant (a.) Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.
Arrant (a.) Thorough or downright, in a good sense.
Arrantly (adv.) Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
Arras (n.) Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
Arras (v. t.) To furnish with an arras.
Arrasene (n.) A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
Arrastre (n.) A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
Arraswise (adv.) Alt. of Arrasways
Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.
Arraught () Obtained; seized.
Array (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Array (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
Array (n.) An imposing series of things.
Array (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
Array (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
Array (n.) The panel itself.
Array (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Arrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Array
Arraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Array
Array (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
Array (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
Array (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
Arrayer (n.) One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.
Arrear (adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.
Arrear (n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
Arrearage (n.) That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
Arrect (a.) Alt. of Arrected
Arrected (a.) Lifted up; raised; erect.
Arrected (a.) Attentive, as a person listening.
Arrect (v. t.) To direct.
Arrect (v. t.) To impute.
Arrectary (n.) An upright beam.
Arrenotokous (a.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.
Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.
Arreption (n.) The act of taking away.
Arreptitious (a.) Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.
Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arrest
Arresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrest
Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
Arrest (v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
Arrest (v. i.) To tarry; to rest.
Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
Arrest (v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
Arrestation (n.) Arrest.
Arrestee (v.) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
Arrester (n.) One who arrests.
Arrester (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.
Arresting (a.) Striking; attracting attention; impressive.
Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.
Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.
Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.
Arret (n.) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.
Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.
Arret (v. t.) Same as Aret.
Arrhaphostic (a.) Seamless.
Arrhizal (a.) Alt. of Arrhizous
Arrhizous (a.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.
Arrhythmic (a.) Alt. of Arrhythmous
Arrhythmous (a.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.
Arrhytmy (n.) Want of rhythm.
Arride (v. t.) To please; to gratify.
Arriere (n.) "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
Arris (n.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
Arrish (n.) The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.
Arriswise (adv.) Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.
Arrival (n.) The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
Arrival (n.) The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
Arrival (n.) The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
Arrival (n.) An approach.
Arrivance (n.) Arrival.
Arrived (imp. & p. p.) of Arrive
Arriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrive
Arrive (v. i.) To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
Arrive (v. i.) To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
Arrive (v. i.) To happen or occur.
Arrive (v. t.) To bring to shore.
Arrive (v. t.) To reach; to come to.
Arrive (n.) Arrival.
Arriver (n.) One who arrives.
Arroba (n.) A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.
Arroba (n.) A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
Arrogance (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.