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Arraigning

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.

  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.

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All this afternoon he was drifting in thought, arraigning his past life, excusing it, condemning it, and trying to forecast its future.