arraign
pronunciation
How to pronounce arraign in British English:
UK [əˈreɪn]
How to pronounce arraign in American English:
US [əˈren]
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- Verb:
- call before a court to answer an indictment
- accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
Word Origin
- arraign (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. The federal prosecutor is prepared to arraign you today .
- 2. He should agree to refrain from trying to arraign israel in the international criminal court for its past actions .
- 3. On a court that robs a suspect to be in new york by arraign when , the judge asks he can say english , he replies : " meeting little " .
- 4. Assuming that his bid for full un membership is blocked , he should rapidly revert to the vatican option , along with a bevy of provisos to reassure the israelis . He should agree to refrain from trying to arraign israel in the international criminal court for its past actions .