To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or ships in the order of battle.

To dispose in proper classes, orders or divisions; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.

To dispose in a proper manner; to place in regular method; in a general sense. Range and arrange are used indifferently in the same sense.

To rove over; to pass over. Teach him to range the ditch and force the brake.

To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast, that is, along the coast.

To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction. As a roaring lion and a ranging bear. Proverbs 28:15.

To be placed in order; to be ranked. ‘Tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content

A row; a rank; things in a line; as a range of buildings; a range of mountains; ranges of colors.

Aclass; an order. The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences