displayen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman and continental Old French despleier, from Medieval Latin displicō, displicāre; compare plien and splayen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdisplayen
- To raise or unfold a banner.
- To spread or stretch out; to unfold.
- To display or demonstrate; to make clear.
- (rare) To become visible.
Conjugation
editConjugation of displayen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “displaien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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