Arraign

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈɹeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Origin

French arraisonner

Etymology of arraign

, from raison

Full definition of arraign

Verb

1. To officially charge someone in a court of law.
2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
• DrydenThey will not arraign you for want of knowledge.
• I. TaylorIt is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.

Noun

1. arraignmentthe clerk of the arraigns