Emily Dickinson Lexicon

arrange (-ed), v. [OFr à + rangier, rank.] (webplay: hands, made, parts, put, rows).

1. Identify astronomically; rank in order from hottest to coldest.
2. Organize; put in order; place in a series; line up; set in place.
3. Plan; settle; prepare; make plans for.

array (-s), n. [AngFr < OFr. 'make ready', 'put in order'.] (webplay: fine, man, place, see).

1. Clothing; attire; apparel; raiment; costume; presentation of fine jewelry.
2. Panorama; scene; exhibition; presentation; production; show; impressive display; [fig.] beauty of nature; colorful sunset or sunrise.
3. Armada; battleship formation; display of force; arrangement in military lines; exhibition of a navy ready for confrontation; [fig.] dramatically colorful sunset patterns.
4. Appearance; [fig.] petals; blossom; bloom; flower; (see Luke 12:27).
5. Phrase. “One in the red array”: glorious morning of the resurrection; [fig.] Christ, who will descend in robes of red in the Second Coming; (see Isaiah 63:2); the Lord, as “the bright and morning star”; (see Revelation 22:6).

array (-ed), v. [see array, v.] (webplay: dress, glory, man, right, see).

1. Clothe; prepare; equip; [fig.] adorn; beautify; decorate; glorify; endow.
2. Involve; employ; absorb; engage; immerse; occupy.
3. [Fig.] renew; revive; restore; resurrect.

arrest (-ed), v. [OFr < L. ad to, at + restāre, remain, stop < re, back + stāre, stand.] (webplay: eyes, find, senses, world).

1. Notice; discover; remark; capture; apprehend; comprehend; seize; grasp; understand.
2. Attract; catch the attention of; cause one to stare at.
3. Stop; block; hinder; impede; obstruct; prevent from going.

arrestless, adj. [ED neologism; see arrest, v.]

Incessant; continual; unceasing; unstoppable in sound.

arrive, v. [OFr < L. ad, to + rīpa, shore.]

Come; appear; happen; materialize; unfold.

arrived, verbal n. [see arrive, v.] (webplay: point).

Achiever; winner; person who has reached a specific destination or goal; people that have attained full development; those who have achieved success or distinction.

arrogance, n. [Fr. < L. arrogāntem, assuming, overbearing, insolent.] (webplay: degree, taking).

1. Pride; haughtiness; exaggerated self-importance.
2. Indifference; aloofness; insensibility; lack of concern.

arrogant, adj. [see arrogance, n.]

1. Proud; haughty; bold; brash; brazen; presumptuous; self-important; [fig.] bright; gaudy; colorful.
2. Superior; overbearing; boastful; bragging; inflated; bombastic; [fig.] windy; stormy; blustery.

arrogantly, adv. [see arrogance, n.]

Haughtily; proudly; indifferently; in a manner full of self-importance; [fig.] coldly; heavily; without feeling.