displant (displant)

t. [ Unle philosophy can make a Juliet, Displant a town, reverse a prince's doom. Shak., R. and J., iii. 3. But after the Ionians and Greeks had planted certain Colonies thereabout, and displanted the barbarous, it (the Black Sea] was called Euxine. Sandys , Travailes, p. 30. 2. To strip of what is planted, settled, or established: as, to displant a country of inhabitants. They [the French] bad them tell all the plantations, as far as forty degrees, that they would come with eight ships, next year, and displant them all. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 198. displantation (dis-plan-ta's hon), n . [F. dé plantation = Sp. des plant a cion = It. spianta zione ; as displant + -ation .] The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Raleigh . displat (dis-plat'), v . t .; pret. and pp. dis platted , ppr. dis platting . [ dis -priv. + plats .] To untwist; uncurl. Hake will . II. in trans. 1. To lay anything open, as in carving or di ecting. He carves, displays , and cuts up to a wonder. Spectator . 2. To make a show or display. -3. To make a great show of words; talk demonstratively. The very fellow which of late Display'd so saucily against your highne . Shak ., Lear, ii. 4. He thought verily the Emperor should take it more dis pleasantly than if his holine had declared himself. Strype, Hen. VIII., an. 1528. = It. dispiacere , displease (dis-plēz'), v.; pret. and pp. dis pleased, ed, ppr. displeasing. [ display (dis-plā'), n. [ display , v.] An open-se ing, unfolding, or disclosing; a spreading of anything to the view, commonly with the sense sent at i on or riving for effect show exhibition: as, a great display of banners; a display of jewelry. He died, as erring men should die, Without display , without parade. Byron , Paris in a, xvii. Human nature, it is true, remains always the same, but the displays of it change. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 223. Syn. Show, Parade, etc. See ostentation. If strange meats displease , Art can deceive, or hunger force my taste. Donne , Satires. Soon as the unwelcome news From earth arrived at heaven-gate, displeased All were who heard. displayed (dis-plād'), p . a . [Pp. of display display , v .] 1. Unfolded; opened; spread; expanded; mani- fested; disclosed.-2. In her .: ( a ) Having the pleased with it? wings expanded: said of a bird used as a bearing, especially a bird of prey. Compare disclosed . (b) Gardant and extendant: said of a beast used as a bearing. [Rare.] Also extendant .-3. In printing, printed in larger or more prominent type, or con- spicuously arranged to attract attention.- Descendent displayed. See descendent. - Displayed foreshortened, in her ., represented with the wings extended and with the head outward, as if flying out of the field: said of a bird used as a bearing. - Dis- Eagle Displayed. played recurs ant, in her., having the wings cro ed behind the back: said of a bird used as a bearing. The bird is generally represented showing the back; when in this position, it is sometimes said to be displayed tergiant. displayer (dis-plā'er), n. One who or that which displays. The displayer of his high frontiers. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote. display-letter (dis-plā'let"ėr), n. Same as dis play - type . display (dis-plā'), v. [ displayen , desplay- en , despleier , desploier , desploer , desplier , display-stand (dis-plā'stand), n. A rack, shelf, F. déployer (> E. deploy , q. v.) = Pr. desplegar , or other contrivance for showing goods in a despleyar = Sp. desplegar = Pg. despregar = It. dispiegare , spiegare , displicare , unfold, display, L. (in pp. displicatus ) scatter, dis- , window or on a counter.