Thesaurus: arraign

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1. v. t. To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
2. v. t. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
3. n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.
4. v. t. To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
5. v. call before a court to answer an indictment
6. v. accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
7. 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. 2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor. Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See Accuse. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay. To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
8. To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer tothe matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone.
9. v:100 v. call before a court to answer an indictment v. accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy