[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

display \display"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. displayed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. displaying. oe. displaien, desplaien, of.
   despleier, desploier, f. d'eployer; 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.
      1913 webster

            the northern wind his wings did broad display.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. to extend the front of a column, bringing it into
      line. --farrow.
      1913 webster

   3. to spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the
      sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
      1913 webster

            his statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
            condition of the army.                --burke.
      1913 webster

   4. to make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or
      ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to
      parade.
      1913 webster

            proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
                                                  --prescott.
      1913 webster

   5. print. to make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
      1913 webster

   6. to discover; to descry. obs.
      1913 webster

            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.
      pjc

   syn: to exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
        flaunt.
        1913 webster
see also:
displayed displaying ply deploy splay 

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