Associations to the word «Arraigning»

Wiktionary

ARRAIGN, verb. To officially charge someone in a court of law.
ARRAIGN, verb. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
ARRAIGN, noun. Arraignment

Dictionary definition

ARRAIGN, verb. Call before a court to answer an indictment.
ARRAIGN, verb. Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats