See Also: apprest(medicine)
arraign(1)(dictionary)
arraign(2)(dictionary)
arraign(dictionary)

arraign(2) (iou) and apprest (medicine)


arraign(2) (iou)



arraign verb1 & noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman arainer, areiner, Old French araisnier, areisnier, ult. from Latin ad AR- + ratio(n-) account, REASON noun1.]
A. verb trans.
Call on (a person) to answer a criminal charge before a court; call to account, indict, accuse. LME.
Baroness Orczy He was arraigned for treason against the nation, and sent to the guillotine. A. Miller As though arraigning the entire clock industry, she adds: 'I've got six or eight clocks in this house, and none of them work'.
Find fault with, censure, call in question (an action, statement, etc.). L17.
Gibbon He boldly arraigned the abuses of public and private life.
b. noun. = arraignment. M17.
arraigner noun E19.
arraignment noun the act of arraigning or fact of being arraigned; indictment, accusation, censure: LME.

apprest (medicine)


apprest
<botany> Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem.

Origin: p. P. Appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.

Source: Websters Dictionary