arraign
arraign 英 [əˈreɪn] 美 [əˈren]
vt. 传讯，控告；责难，指责
进行时:arraigning 过去式:arraigned 过去分词:arraigned 第三人称单数:arraigns
- To arraign someone is to call the person before a court of law to be charged. You've probably seen it in movies. It's the part where an official charge is read and the accused responds by saying "guilty" or "not guilty."
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- vt. 传讯，控告；责难，指责
- arraign (v.) late 14c., araynen, "to call to account," also "to call up on a criminal charge," from Old French araisnier "speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)," from Vulgar Latin *arrationare, from Latin adrationare, from ad "to" (see ad-) + *rationare, from ratio "argumentation; reckoning, calculation" (from rat-, past participle stem of reri "to reckon, calculate," also "think" (from PIE root *re- "to reason, count"). The unetymological -g- is a 16c. overcorrection based on reign, etc. Related: Arraigned; arraigning.
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