From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Arraign \Ar*raign"\, n.
Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. --Blackstone.
Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason,
taste, or any other tribunal.
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They will not arraign you for want of knowledge.
--Dryden.
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It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the
Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.
--I. Taylor.
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Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict;
denounce. See {Accuse}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arraign
v 1: call before a court to answer an indictment
2: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
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