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ar⋅raign

  [uh-reyn]
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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.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME arainen < AF arainer, OF araisnier, equiv. to a- a- 5 + raisnier < VL *ratiōnāre to talk, reason; see ratio

Related forms:
ar⋅raign⋅er, noun
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ar·raign   (ə-rān')   
tr.v.   ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns
  1. Law To call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complaint.
  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·raign'er n., ar·raign'ment n.
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