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arraignest

arraignest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of arraign.

Meaning of arraign

Verb

arraign (third-person singular simple present arraigns, present participle arraigning, simple past and past participle arraigned)

  1. (with-on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.
    • He was arraigned in Washington, D.C., on the 25th of that month on charges of treason.
  2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
    • They will not dare to arraign you for want of knowledge.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Origin of arraignest

arraign + -est

Questions about arraignest

What is arraignest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Arraignest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of arraign.

Words near arraignest in the dictionary

  1. arraigned
  2. arraignee
  3. arraignees
  4. arraigner
  5. arraigners
  6. arraignest
  7. arraigneth
  8. arraigning
  9. arraignings
  10. arraignment
  11. arraignments

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