Part 645

<syn>Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See <er>Accuse</er>.</syn>

<h1>Arraign</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*raign"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Arraignment; <as>as, the clerk of the <ex>arraigns</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Blackstone. Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Arraign</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*raign"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From OF. <ets>aramier</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>adhramire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To appeal to; to demand; <as>as, to <ex>arraign</ex> an assize of novel disseizin</as>.</def>

<h1>Arraigner</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*raign"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who arraigns.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Arraignment</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*raign"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>arraynement</ets>, <ets>aresnement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A calling to an account to faults; accusation.</def>

<blockquote>In the sixth satire, which seems only an <b>Arraignment</b> of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<mhw><h1>Arraiment, Arrayment</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rai"ment</hw>, <hw>Ar*ray"ment</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Array</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Clothes; raiment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Arrange</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*range"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Arranged</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Arranging</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>arayngen</ets>, OF. <ets>arengier</ets>, F. <ets>arranger</ets>, fr. <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + OF. <ets>rengier</ets>, <ets>rangier</ets>, F. <ets>ranger</ets>. See <er>Range</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; <as>as, troops <ex>arranged</ex> for battle</as>.</def>

<blockquote>So came to the market place, and there he <b>arranged</b> his men in the streets. <i>Berners.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> were beginning to <b>arrange</b> their hampers. <i>Boswell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A mechanism previously <b>arranged</b>. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; <as>as, to <ex>arrange</ex> the preliminaries of an undertaking</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.</syn>

<h1>Arrangement</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*range"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>arrangement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; <as>as, <ex>arrangement</ex> of one's dress; the Linn\'91an <ex>arrangement</ex> of plants.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; <as>as, we have made <ex>arrangement</ex> for receiving company</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Settlement; adjustment by agreement; <as>as, the parties have made an <ex>arrangement</ex> between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory <ex>arrangement</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A piece so adapted; a transcription; <as>as, a pianoforte <ex>arrangement</ex> of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral <ex>arrangement</ex> of a song, an opera, or the like.</as></def>