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verb (used with object)
1.
to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
2.
to accuse or charge in general; criticize adversely; censure.
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arraign
early 14c., "to call to account," from O.Fr. araisnier, from V.L. *arrationare, from L. adrationare, from ad- "to" + *rationare, from ratio "argumentation, reckoning, calculation" (see ratio). Sense of "to call up on a criminal charge" is c.1400.
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