Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
deraign .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To make ready to fight; to array.
- transitive verb obsolete To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive Obsolete spelling of
darrain .
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Examples
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Then they farewelled him and went down to look after the safety of their troops; and they ceased not to keep up the fires till the morning rose with its sheen and shone, when the fighting-men mounted their horses of noble strain and smote one another with thin-edged skean and with brawn of bill they thrust amain nor did they cease that day battle to darraign.
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To darraign was derationare, to bring them to a decision.
Playful Poems Henry Morley 1858
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Then they farewelled him and went down to look after the safety of their troops; and they ceased not to keep up the fires till the morning rose with its sheen and shone, when the fighting-men mounted their horses of noble strain and smote one another with thin-edged skean and with brawn of bill they thrust amain nor did they cease that day battle to darraign.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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a hauberk of gold set with jewels, and he bore a trident spear, as he were Iblis the damned on the day of drewing out his hosts war to darraign.
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a trident spear, as he were Iblis the damned on the day of drewing out his hosts war to darraign.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
pavonine commented on the word darraign
1. To make ready to fight; to array
2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
June 8, 2008
pavonine commented on the word darraign
1. To make ready to fight; to array
2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
July 12, 2009