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deraign

British  
/ dəˈreɪn /

verb

  1. law to contest (a claim, suit, etc)

  2. to arrange (soldiers) for battle

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Other Word Forms

  • deraignment noun

Etymology

Origin of deraign

C13: from Old French deraisnier to defend, from Vulgar Latin ratiōnāre (unattested) to reason

Example Sentences

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If it had not, the question was ended; if it had, then we could proceed to deraign to those properly entitled to it.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress

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