disarray

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISARRAY, verb transitive [dis and array.] 1. To undress; to divest of clothes. 2. To throw into disorder; to rout, as troops. DISARRAY, noun 1. Disorder; confusion; loss or want of array or regular order. 2. Undress.
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