What does "arraign" mean?
Arraign: 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. See Accuse.
Additional senses
- 2.Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.
- 3.To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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