2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Spenser.
DISPLANTATION
Dis`plan*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
DISPLAT
Dis*plat", v. t.
Defn: To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill.
DISPLAY
Dis*play", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Displaying.] Etym: [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier,
desploier, F. déployer; 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.)
Defn: 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.