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ARRAIGN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they arraign ... he / she / it arraigns
Past simple: arraigned
Past participle: arraigned
-ing form: arraigning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "arraign" is one way to...):
accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Call before a court to answer an indictment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
"Arraign" entails doing...:
accuse; charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)
indict (accuse formally of a crime)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to arraign the prisoners
Derivation:
arraignment (a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment)
