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   Arraign , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arraigned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraigning.] [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.]
   (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
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   To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
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   They will not arraign you for want of knowledge.
   Dryden.
   
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   It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See Accuse.
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   Arraign, n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.
   Blackstone. Macaulay.
   
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   Arraign , v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
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