arraign
verb (used with object)
to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment, a formal charge for which it has been ascertained that there is enough evidence to warrant trial.
will arraign
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future tenseof arraign.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Dar es Salaam Police Chief Lazaro Mambosasa said Thursday that authorities are gathering evidence and will arraign all the suspects in court to face criminal charges.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2017
It will arraign two or three dozen of its members, or maybe four or five dozen, for taking bribes to vote for this and that and the other bill last winter.”
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Lord Palmerston will arraign the minister in the council.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
I shall cite you to answer before the poets, and Messala will arraign you at the bar of the antiquarians.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus
It shall be done, I will arraign them straight!
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
