different between darraign vs arraign

English

Verb

darraign (third-person singular simple present darraigns, present participle darraigning, simple past and past participle darraigned)

1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of darrain

Anagrams

• radaring

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

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.

   • They will not dare to arraign you for want of knowledge.

   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

arraign (plural arraigns)

1. Arraignment.

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