arraign

English

Etymology

From Old French araisnier (“to address, to verify”) (whence modern arraisonner (“to verify cargo, to arraign”)), from raison (“reason”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

arraign (third-person singular simple present arraigns, present participle arraigning, simple past and past participle arraigned)

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.
   • Dryden

     They will not arraign you for want of knowledge.

   • I. Taylor

     It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.

Translations

charge someone in a court of law

• Bengali: অভিযুক্ত করা (ôbhijukt kôra)
• Bulgarian: призовавам на съд (prizovavam na sǎd)
• Danish: sigte
• Dutch: voor het gerecht dagen
• Finnish: syyttää (fi)
• French: traduire en justice f, accuser (fr) f
• German: anklagen (de), (law) vor Gericht bringen

• Portuguese: processar (pt)
• Russian: привлека́ть к суду́ impf (privlekátʹ k sudú), привле́чь к суду́ pf (privléčʹ k sudú), предъявля́ть обвине́ние impf (predʺjavljátʹ obvinénije), предъяви́ть обвине́ние pf (predʺjavítʹ obvinénije), обвиня́ть (ru) impf (obvinjátʹ), обвини́ть (ru) pf (obvinítʹ)
• Spanish: acusar
• Swedish: bringa inför rätta, ställa inför rätta
• Turkish: itham etmek (tr), (law) mahkemeye çağırmak, suçlamak (tr)

Noun

arraign (plural arraigns)

1. Arraignment.

   the clerk of the arraigns

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