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Found 2 hits - Term: ranged, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
range \range\ r=anj, v. t. imp.  p. p. ranged
   r=anjd; p. pr.  vb. n. ranging r=an"ji^ng. oe.
   rengen, of. rengier, f. ranger, of. renc row, rank, f. rang;
   of german origin. see rank, n.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            maccabeus ranged his army by bands.   --2 macc. xii.
                                                  20.
      1913 webster

   2. to place as a single individual among others in a line,
      row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually,
      reflexively and figuratively, in the sense to espouse a
      cause, to join a party, etc.
      1913 webster

            it would be absurd in me to range myself on the side
            of the duke of bedford and the corresponding
            society.                              --burke.
      1913 webster

   3. to separate into parts; to sift. obs. --holland.
      1913 webster

   4. to dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to
      arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in
      genera and species.
      1913 webster

   5. to rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
      1913 webster

            teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake.
                                                  --gay.
      1913 webster

   6. to sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to
      range the coast.
      1913 webster

   note: compare the last two senses 5 and 6 with the french
         ranger une c^ote.
         1913 webster

   7. biol. to be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
      1913 webster
see also:
ranged ranging rank 
[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 moby thesaurus words for "ranged":
   aligned, armed, arranged, arrayed, assorted, battled, categorized,
   classified, composed, constituted, deployed, disposed, embattled,
   engaged, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, in battle array,
   marshaled, methodized, normalized, ordered, orderly, organized,
   placed, ranked, regularized, regulated, routinized, sorted,
   standardized, synchronized, systematized





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