\Ar*raign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier,
aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to
address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason,
reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See {Reason}.]
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}.

\Ar*raign"\, n.
Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. --Blackstone.
Macaulay.

\Ar*raign"\, v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL.
adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law)
To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel
disseizin.