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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: arraign v 1: call before a court to answer an indictment 2: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
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