ar·raign  ( ə-r ān )
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tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns 1. Law To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against that person. 2. To call to account; accuse: “Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country as entirely devoid of all principle” (James Boswell).
[Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier, from Vulgar Latin *adratiōnāre, to call to account : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin ratiō, ratiōn-, account; see REASON.]
ar·raigner n. ar·raignment n. |
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