Arraign Ar·raign" transitive verb [ From Old French aramier , from Late Latin adhramire .] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.

Arraigner Ar·raign"er noun One who arraigns. Coleridge.

Arraignment Ar·raign"ment noun [ Confer Old French arraynement , aresnement .] 1. (Law) 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.

2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation.

In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition.
Dryden.

Arraiment, Arrayment Ar·rai"ment, Ar·ray"ment noun [ From Array , transitive verb ] Clothes; raiment. [ Obsolete]

Arrange Ar·range" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Arranged ; present participle & verbal noun Arranging ] [ Middle English arayngen , Old French arengier , French arranger , from a (L. ad ) + Old French rengier , rangier , French ranger . See Range , transitive verb ] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

So [ they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets.
Berners.

[ They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
Boswell.

A mechanism previously arranged .
Paley.

2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

Syn. -- Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.

Arrangement Ar·range"ment noun [ Confer French arrangement .] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnæan arrangement of plants.

3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.

4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement .

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

Arranger Ar·ran"ger noun One who arranges. Burke.

Arrant Ar"rant adjective [ Middle English erraunt , errant , errand , equiv. to English errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue , an errant thief , and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See Errant .] Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.

I discover an arrant laziness in my soul.
Fuller.

2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [ Obsolete]

An arrant honest woman.
Burton.

Arrantly Ar"rant·ly adverb Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.

Arras Ar"ras noun [ From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.] Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.

Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread.
Cowper.

Behind the arras I'll convey myself.
Shak.

Arras Ar"ras transitive verb To furnish with an arras. Chapman.

Arrasene Ar`ras·ene" noun [ From Arras .] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.

Arrastre Ar·ras"tre noun [ Spanish ] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.

Arraswise, Arrasways Ar"ras·wise`, Ar"ras·ways` adverb [ Prob. a corruption of arriswise . See Arris .] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans.

Arraught Ar·raught" [ The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach . Confer Reach , obsolete pret. raught .] Obtained; seized. Spenser.

Array Ar·ray" noun [ Middle English arai , arrai , Old French arrai , arrei , arroi , order, arrangement, dress, French arroi ; a (L. ad ) + Old French rai , rei , roi , order, arrangement, from G. or Scand.; confer Goth. raidjan , garaidjan , to arrange, Middle High German gereiten , Icelandic reiði rigging, harness; akin to English ready . Confer Ready , Greith , Curry .] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array .

Wedged together in the closest array .
Gibbon.

2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.

A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.
Prescott.

3. An imposing series of things.

Their long array of sapphire and of gold.
Byron.

4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden.

5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.

To challenge the array (Law) , to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Commission of array (Eng. Hist.) , a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.

Array Ar·ray" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Arrayed ; present participle & verbal noun Arraying .] [ Middle English araien , arraien , from Middle English arraier , arreier , arreer , arroier , from arrai . See Array , noun ] 1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed ,
Each horseman drew his battle blade.
Campbell.

These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
Farrar.

2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
Gen. xli.....

In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed .
Trumbull.

3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. Blackstone.

To array a panel , to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins.

Syn. -- To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.

Arrayer Ar·ray"er noun One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

Arrear Ar·rear" adverb [ Middle English arere , Old French arere , ariere , French arrière , from Latin ad + retro backward. See Rear .] To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Arrear Ar·rear" noun That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke.

For much I dread due payment by the Greeks
Of yesterday's arrear .
Cowper.

I have a large arrear of letters to write.
J. D. Forbes.

In arrear or In arrears , behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.

Arrearage Ar·rear"age noun [ French arrérage , from arrière , Old French arere . See Arrear .] That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.

The old arrearages . . . being defrayed.
Howell.

Arrect Ar·rect" transitive verb 1. To direct. [ Obsolete]

My supplication to you I arrect .
Skelton.

2. [ See Aret .] To impute. [ Obsolete] Sir T. More.

Arrect, Arrected Ar·rect", Ar·rect"ed adjective [ Latin arrectus , past participle of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.] 1. Lifted up; raised; erect.

2. Attentive, as a person listening. [ Obsolete]

God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect .
Smalridge.

Arrectary Ar·rect"a·ry noun [ Latin arrectarius , from arrigere o set up.] An upright beam. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Arrenotokous Ar`re·not"o·kous adjective [ Greek ... bearing males; ... a male + ... a bringing forth.] (Zoology) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

Arrentation Ar`ren·ta"tion [ Confer French arrenter to give or take as rent. See Arendator .] (O. Eng. Law) A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

Arreption Ar·rep"tion noun [ Latin arripere , arreptum , to seize, snatch; ad + rapere to snatch. See Rapacious .] The act of taking away. [ Obsolete] "This arreption was sudden." Bp. Hall.

Arreptitious Ar`rep·ti"tious adjective [ Latin arreptitius .] Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [ Obsolete]

Odd, arreptitious , frantic extravagances.
Howell.

Arrest Ar·rest" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Arrested ; present participle & verbal noun Arresting .] [ Middle English aresten , Old French arester , French arrêter , from Late Latin arrestare ; Latin ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand. See Rest remainder.] 1. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

Nor could her virtues the relentless hand
Of Death arrest .
Philips.

2. (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

» After this word Shakespeare uses of ("I arrest thee of high treason") or on ; the modern usage is for .

3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention. Buckminster.

4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [ Obsolete]

We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies.
Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- To obstruct; delay; detain; check; hinder; stop; apprehend; seize; lay hold of.

Arrest Ar·rest" intransitive verb To tarry; to rest. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Arrest Ar·rest" noun [ Middle English arest , arrest , Old French arest , French arrêt , from arester . See Arrest , transitive verb , Arr...t .] 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

As the arrest of the air showeth.
Bacon.

2. (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest .
Macaulay.

[ Our brother Norway] sends out arrests
On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys.
Shak.

» An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body; but it is sufficient in the party be within the power of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty law, and in old English practice, the term is applied to the seizure of property.

3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
Jer. Taylor.

4. (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails . White.

Arrest of judgment (Law) , the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment .

Arrestation Ar`res·ta"tion noun [ French arrestation , Late Latin arrestatio .] Arrest. [ R.]

The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention.
H. M. Williams.

Arrestee Ar`res·tee" noun [ See Arrest , v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Arrester Ar·rest"er noun 1. One who arrests.

2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [ Also written arrestor .]

Arresting Ar·rest"ing (ăr*rĕst"ĭng) adjective Striking; attracting attention; impressive.

This most solemn and arresting occurrence.
J. H. Newman.

Arrestive Ar·rest"ive (-ĭv) adjective Tending to arrest. McCosh.

Arrestment Ar·rest"ment noun [ Old French arrestement .] 1. (Scots Law) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

2. A stoppage or check. Darwin.

Arrêt Ar·rêt noun [ French See Arrest , noun ] (F. Law) (a) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign. (b) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Arret Ar·ret" transitive verb Same as Aret . [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Arrha Ar"rha noun ; plural Arrhæ . [ Latin Confer Earnest .] (Law) Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.

Arrhaphostic Ar`rha·phos"tic adjective [ Greek ...; 'a priv. + ... to sew together.] Seamless. [ R.]

Arrhizal, Arrhizous Ar·rhi"zal, Ar·rhi"zous adjective [ Greek ... not rooted; 'a priv. + ... a root.] (Botany) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous Ar·rhyth"mic, Ar·rhyth"mous adjective [ Greek ...; 'a priv. + ... rhythm.] (Medicine) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.

Arrhytmy Ar"rhyt·my noun [ Greek ...; 'a priv. + ... rhythm.] Want of rhythm. [ R.]

Arride Ar·ride" transitive verb [ Latin arridere ; ad + ridere to laugh.] To please; to gratify. [ Archaic] B. Jonson.

Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning.
Lamb.

Arriere Ar·riere" noun [ French arrière . See Arrear .] "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind , rear , subordinate .

Arriere fee , Arriere fief , a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. -- Arriere vassal , the vassal of a vassal.

Arriere-ban Ar·riere"-ban` noun [ French, from Middle English arban , heriban , from Old High German hariban , heriban , German heerbann , the calling together of an army; Old High German heri an army + ban a public call or order. The French have misunderstood their old word, and have changed it into arrière-ban , though arrière has no connection with its proper meaning. See Ban , Abandon .] A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

Arris Ar"ris noun [ Old French areste , French arête , from Latin arista the top or beard of an ear of grain, the bone of a fish.] (Architecture) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; - - applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc.

Arris fillet , a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter , a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.

Arrish Ar"rish noun [ See Eddish .] The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [ Eng.] [ Written also arish , ersh , etc.]

The moment we entered the stubble or arrish .
Blackw. Mag.

Arriswise Ar"ris·wise` adverb Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

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