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Pronunciation : Ar*raign"
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arraigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraigning.]
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 1. (Law)

Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ar*raign"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ar*raign"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Etymology : [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law)
Definition : Defn: To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913