transitive verb

1. Obsolete to unfold; spread out; unfurl
2. to unfold to the eye; put or spread out so as to be seen; exhibit
3. to unfold to the mind; disclose; reveal
4. to print conspicuously, as in large or fancy type

Etymology: ME displeien < OFr despleier < L displicare, to scatter, unfold < dis-, apart + plicare, to fold: see ply

noun

1. a displaying; exhibition
2. anything displayed; exhibit
3. showy exhibition; ostentation
4. 1. a manifestation a display of courage
   2. a mere show of something that is not genuine a display of sympathy
5. a visual representation of data, as on a computer video screen

adjective