Arraigning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arraign \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.
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     2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason,
        taste, or any other tribunal.
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              They will not arraign you for want of knowledge.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the
              Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.
                                                    --I. Taylor.
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     Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict;
          denounce. See {Accuse}.
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