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Arraign

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Verb (transitive)
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ar=raign

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Arraign has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Arraignv. t. [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.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.  [1913 Webster]
    "They will not arraign you for want of knowledge."  [1913 Webster]
    "It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world."  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See Accuse.
Arraignn. 
     Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.  Blackstone. Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]
Arraignv. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.].
     To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Arraign, v.tr.
1 indict before a tribunal; accuse.
2 find fault with; call into question (an action or statement).

Derivative
arraignment n.
Etymology
ME f. AF arainer f. OF araisnier (ult. as AD-, L ratio -onis reason, discourse)

THESAURUS

Arraign

accuse, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, article, blame, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, charge, cite, complain, complain against, condemn, criminate, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, file a claim, finger, fulminate against, hang something on, have up, impeach, imply, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, inform against, inform on, insinuate, inveigh against, lay charges, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, pin on, prefer charges, press charges, pull up, put on report, reflect upon, report, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, shake up, summon, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, test, try, twit

ROGET THESAURUS

Arraign

Lawsuit

VB go to law, appeal to the law, bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar, put on trial, pull up, accuse, prefer a claim, file a claim, take the law of, inform against, serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit, arrest, summon, summons, give in charge, empanel a jury, implead, join issue, close the pleadings, set down for hearing, try, hear a cause, sit in judgment, adjudicate.

Accusation

VB accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach, brand with reproach, stigmatize, slur, cast a stone at, cast a slur on, incriminate, criminate, inculpate, implicate, call to account, take to blame, take to task, put in the black book, inform against, indict, denounce, arraign, impeach, appeach, have up, show up, pull up, challenge, cite, lodge a complaint, prosecute, bring an action against, blow upon, charge with, saddle with, lay to one's door, lay charge, lay the blame on, bring home to, cast in one's teeth, throw in one's teeth, cast the first stone at, have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for, have a crow to pluck with, trump up a charge.

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