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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-reyn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈreɪn

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Définition of arraign

Origin :
  • late 14c., araynen, "to call to account," from Old French araisnier "speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)," from Vulgar Latin *arrationare, from Latin adrationare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + *rationare, from ratio "argumentation, reckoning, calculation" (see ratio). Sense of "to call up on a criminal charge" is c.1400. The excrescent -g- is a 16c. overcorrection based on reign, etc. Related: Arraigned; arraigning.
  • verb accuse
Example sentences :
  • It was for this that I arraigned my colleague, and that I intend to arraign him.
  • Extract from : « The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes » by James Quay Howard
  • He could not chide her for it, nor arraign her with one bitter thought.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • I have met no one that can see his own faults and arraign himself within.
  • Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
  • Let us arraign her before our sacred tribunal, and have her into court.
  • Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade
  • And I,—who would dare to suspect, to arraign, the Prince di—?
  • Extract from : « Zicci, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • She denied that they had any right to arraign or to try her.
  • Extract from : « Mary Queen of Scots, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott
  • If I were to arraign you at all, it would be on the score of heartlessness.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • It was dangerous, but my purpose is not to arraign Ministers.
  • Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna
  • We decline to arraign our Creator for a deed which we have not even the means of knowing that He has done.
  • Extract from : « Lux Mundi » by Various
  • It is ignorant, as well as sinful, to arraign his providence.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph » by Frances Sheridan

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