Definition of Araign
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.
Ar*raign", n. Arraignment; as, the clerk
of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
English
- to officially charge someone in a court of law.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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