Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arraign"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier,
aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to
address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason,
reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See {Reason}.]
1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court
to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or
complaint. --Blackstone.

2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason,
taste, or any other tribunal.

They will not arraign you for want of knowledge.
--Dryden.

It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the
Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.
--I. Taylor.

Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict;
denounce. See {Accuse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Arraign \Ar*raign"\, n.
Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. --Blackstone.
Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL.
adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law)
To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel
disseizin.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

arraign
v 1: call before a court to answer an indictment
2: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy


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