Deraign

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(law, transitive) To prove or refute, especially through combat..

Definitions by Sense

1. (law, transitive) To prove or refute, especially through combat.
2. (ambitransitive) To engage in battle or combat.
3. (transitive) To determine or decide by combat; to fight out.
4. (transitive) To ready or prepare for combat.

Example Sentences

Therewith they gan to hurtlen greedily, / Redoubted battaile ready to darrayne, / And clash their shields, and shake their swords on hy [...].

Now everything I had or sought, I've lost; / Upon a glimpse, I am disparadised. / So: go defiant to the nether world, / And darreign^([sic]) Lucifer's dread minions to / Worse torment than thou wouldst do thyself.

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Word Forms

• deraigns
• deraigning
• deraigned
• darraign
• darraigne
• darrain
• darraine
• darrayn
• darrayne
• derain
• dereine
• dereyne

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