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display
late 13c., from O.Fr.
despleier
"unfold, spread out," from L.
displicare
"to scatter," from
dis-
"un-, apart" +
plicare
"to fold" see
ply
(v.)). Properly of sails or flags (and unconnected to
play
), meaning of "reveal, exhibit" is late 14c.
