1. [v]  accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
2. [v]  call before a court to answer an indictment

ARRAIGN is a 7 letter word that starts with A.

1. \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}.
   

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

3. \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.