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arraign
early 14c., "to call to account," from O.Fr.
araisnier
, from V.L.
*arrationare
, from L.
adrationare
, from
ad-
"to" +
*rationare
, from
ratio
"argumentation, reckoning, calculation" (see
ratio
). Sense of "to call up on a criminal charge" is c.1400.
