Arraign
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
arraign
v 1: call before a court to answer an indictment
2: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Arraign \Ar*raign"\, 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}.]
1. (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. --Blackstone.
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2. 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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "arraign":
accuse, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, article,
blame, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book,
call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure,
charge, cite, complain, complain against, condemn, criminate,
cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, decry,
denounce, denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, file a claim, finger,
fulminate against, hang something on, have up, impeach, imply,
impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, inform against,
inform on, insinuate, inveigh against, lay charges,
lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, pin on, prefer charges,
press charges, pull up, put on report, reflect upon, report,
reprehend, reproach, reprobate, shake up, summon, take to task,
task, taunt with, tax, test, try, twit
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