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/ərˈeɪn/ Listen

noun

Arraign n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.

verb

Arraign v. t. (past & past part. arraigned; pres. part. arraigning)

(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.

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

Synonyms: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See Accuse.

Arraign v. t. (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.

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Etymology of 'Arraign'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... since we conduct your wars for you, conscript fathers, on the condition of having as our accusers those whom we have conquered with our arms. Of the two cities which have been captured this year, let Capua arraign ...

— The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six • Titus Livius

... and I looked at Krebs. Could he, could any man, any lawyer, have the presumption to question such an obviously desirable measure, to arraign the united judgment of the committee's legal talent? Such was the note Mr. Truesdale so admirably struck. As though fascinated, I continued to gaze at Krebs. I hated him, I desired to see him humiliated, and yet amazingly I found myself wishing with almost equal vehemence ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... or two after, when I got better, I found out more about it, and rather painfully too, because my uncle landed one day in my bedroom and commenced strongly to arraign ...

— My Friend Smith - A Story of School and City Life • Talbot Baines Reed

... For which embattled Europe is in arms, Be idly given to the scorn of men, To gratify our passions and vile feuds?— But speak Lorraine, for you have heretofore Been held the mediator in these jars— Upon what quarrel do you thus arraign Bohemond of Tarentum?— ...

— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various

... been absent: 'tis good speed; foretells The great Apollo suddenly will have The truth of this appear. Prepare you, lords; Summon a session, that we may arraign Our most disloyal lady; for, as she hath Been publicly accus'd, so shall she have A just and open trial. While she lives, My heart will be a burden to me. Leave me; And think upon ...

— The Winter's Tale - [Collins Edition] • William Shakespeare

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