Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Display \Dis*play"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displayed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Displaying}.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF.
   despleier, desploier, F. d['e]ployer; 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.

            The northern wind his wings did broad display.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into
      line. --Farrow.

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

            His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
            condition of the army.                --Burke.

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

            Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
                                                  --Prescott.

   5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

   6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]

            And from his seat took pleasure to display The city
            so adorned with towers.               --Chapman.

   Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
        flaunt.