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arraign en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈɹeɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English areynen (“to interrogate, arraign, reprimand”), from Anglo-Norman areiner, arener, from Old French araisnier, areisnier, aresnier (“to speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)”) (whence modern French arraisonner (“to verify cargo, to arraign”)), from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnāre, from Latin adratiōnāre, from ad (“to”) + *ratiōnāre (“to reason, talk reasonably, talk”), from ratiō (“reason, reasoning, discourse”), from rat-, past-participle stem of rērī (“to reckon, calculate”). First attested in the late 14th century. Doublet of areason. About the -g- within the word, Etymonline and the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary both agree that it is present by hypercorrection and appears since the 16th century. The Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1986) however, provides two etymological links each, which are Old French aragnier and araigner. The Oxford English Dictionary (1885, 1989) did not support either of these hypotheses, but did attribute Old French arraigner, arainer to an unrelated obsolete sense and etymon.

Meanings

1. Arraignment.
   • the clerk of the arraigns 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
   • The clerk of the arraigns stood up 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

Forms

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arraign en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈɹeɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English areynen (“to interrogate, arraign, reprimand”), from Anglo-Norman areiner, arener, from Old French araisnier, areisnier, aresnier (“to speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)”) (whence modern French arraisonner (“to verify cargo, to arraign”)), from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnāre, from Latin adratiōnāre, from ad (“to”) + *ratiōnāre (“to reason, talk reasonably, talk”), from ratiō (“reason, reasoning, discourse”), from rat-, past-participle stem of rērī (“to reckon, calculate”). First attested in the late 14th century. Doublet of areason. About the -g- within the word, Etymonline and the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary both agree that it is present by hypercorrection and appears since the 16th century. The Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1986) however, provides two etymological links each, which are Old French aragnier and araigner. The Oxford English Dictionary (1885, 1989) did not support either of these hypotheses, but did attribute Old French arraigner, arainer to an unrelated obsolete sense and etymon.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:(archaic) for, with-on) To officially charge someone in a court of law.
   • He will then be arraigned, at which point the specific charges will be unsealed. 2023 March 30, Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, William K. Rashbaum, Kate Christobek, Nate Schweber, “Trump Is Indicted, Becoming First Ex-President to Face Criminal Charges”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • He was arraigned in Washington, D.C., on the 25th of that month on charges of treason.
2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
   • It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
   • They will not dare to arraign you for want of knowledge. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

rearraign · arraignment · arraigner · arraignable · arraignee · unarraigned

Synonyms

inculpate · appeach · becry · have up · appeach · tax · criminate · accuse · indict · indict · accriminate · arraign · charge · incriminate · inculpate

Translations (33)

ru обвиня́ть (charge someone in a court of law) · bn অভিযুক্ত করা (charge someone in a court of law) · fr traduire en justice (charge someone in a court of law) · es acusar (charge someone in a court of law) · cs obvinit (charge someone in a court of law) · it imputare (charge someone in a court of law) · sv bringa inför rätta (charge someone in a court of law) · sk obžalovať (charge someone in a court of law) · de vor Gericht bringen (charge someone in a court of law) · hu vádat emel (charge someone in a court of law) · cs obžalovat (charge someone in a court of law) · ru предъяви́ть обвине́ние (charge someone in a court of law) · sv ställa inför rätta (charge someone in a court of law) · af aankla (charge someone in a court of law) · hu vádol (charge someone in a court of law) · tr suçlamak (charge someone in a court of law) · ru привлека́ть к суду́ (charge someone in a court of law) · de anklagen (charge someone in a court of law) · ru обвини́ть (charge someone in a court of law) · hu bíróság elé állít (charge someone in a court of law) · ru предъявля́ть обвине́ние (charge someone in a court of law) · fi syyttää (charge someone in a court of law) · pt processar (charge someone in a court of law) · hu bevádol (charge someone in a court of law) · ru привле́чь к суду́ (charge someone in a court of law) · nl in staat van beschuldiging stellen (charge someone in a court of law) · tr mahkemeye çağırmak (charge someone in a court of law) · sk obviniť (charge someone in a court of law) · fr accuser (charge someone in a court of law) · da sigte (charge someone in a court of law) · hu vád alá helyez (charge someone in a court of law) · bg призовавам на съд (charge someone in a court of law) · tr itham etmek (charge someone in a court of law)

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