Deraign

Quick meaning: Deraign is a verb meaning (law, transitive) To prove or refute, especially through combat.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To engage in battle or combat.
2. (transitive) To determine or decide by combat; to fight out.
3. (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.

Word Forms

• deraigns
• deraigning
• deraigned
• derain
• dereine
• dereyne

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include redargue, revince, disproove, refel, improve, befight.

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