arraign : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arraign	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for arraign
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arraign v call before a court to answer an indictment accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arraign \Arraign"\, 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 \Arraign"\, v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign* an assize of novel disseizin.