arraign, v. 1. accuse, charge, indict, Law. impute, incriminate, criminate, recriminate, impeach, Rare. implead; denounce, implicate, (o/ an innocent person) Inf. frame, inculpate, inform against, Chiefly Scot. delate; cite, summon, serve with a summons or with papers, sue, libel, Law. prosecute; litigate, file charges. 2. criticize, fault, find fault with, censure, upbraid, reproach, rebuke, reprehend; reprove, tax, take to task, call to account, impugn, call into question, assail, revile; stigmatize, brand, asperse, cast aspersions on, malign, slander, defame, vilify; attack, inveigh against, rail against, declaim against, arraignment, n. 1. accusation, charge, indictment, Law. true bill, Law. gravamen; citation, summons; incrimination, crimination, recrimination, denunciation; implication, inculpation, blaming, accusing.
2. censure, blame; criticism, examination, finding fault, animadversion; calling into question, impugning; assailment, revilement. arrange, v. 1. order, dispose, array, assort, collocate; line, range, align, aline, straighten, trim; group, sort, classify, class, categorize, bracket; file, index, codify, tabulate; size, rank, grade, graduate; organize, systematize, coordinate, regulate, marshal, Inf. line up, set up; distribute, assign, allocate, apportion, allot, set out.
2. settle, decide, determine, adjust; agree to, fix on or upon, come to terms, compromise, conciliate, accommodate.
3. prepare, plan, ready, prime, prearrange, project; devise, form, design, block out, fix, contrive, prescribe; predetermine, premeditate.
4. orchestrate, compose, score, harmonize, instrument, arrangement, n. 1. order, ordering, disposition, ordination, grouping; array, assortment, collocation, set, series; mixture, miscellany, collection, selection; classification, categorization, category; graduation, grade, denomination, division; tabulation, codification, index; organization, systematization, coordination, regimentation, regulation; distribution, allocation, disposal, assignment, apportionment, allotment.
2. scheme, structure, design, frame, outline, system; policy, method, procedure, process; mode, form, style; make-up, composition, constitution, construction; configuration, interrelation, relationship, conformation, formation; formulation, combination, association, amalgamation.
3. arrangements preparations, plans, provisions, measures; groundwork, preliminaries; reservations.
4. settlement, adjustment, agreement, terms; contract, covenant, compact; compromise, conciliation, accommodation.
5. orchestration, adaptation, score, instrumentation, harmonization. arrant, adj. 1. downright, out-and-out, through and through, thorough, thoroughgoing, wholesale, all-out, Inf. flat-out; complete, total, outright, categorical, unequivocal, flat, dead; absolute, utter, profound, rank, gross; sheer, stark, brazen, bold; unmitigated, unqualified, unconditional, incontestable; perfect, positive, consummate, Inf. regular, Inf. plumb, Brit. proper; overt, undisguised, barefaced, unmistakeable, undeniable, evident, unconcealed, patent; pronounced, confirmed.
2. infamous, disreputable, ill-famed; scandalous, disgraceful, shameful, shocking, improper, ignominious, base, low, vile, wicked, foul; flagrant, egregious, glaring, heinous, flagitious, nefarious; atrocious, monstrous, outrageous; unscrupulous, shameless, array, v. 1. (often of troops) marshal, order, rank, muster, assemble, group, draw together or up, amass; range, arrange, line up, place, dispose.
2. clothe, attire, apparel, dress, habit, garb; dress up, prank, trick out or up, SI. dude up, SI. swank up; deck out or up, bedeck, bedizen, Archaic, bedight; caparison, Inf. doll up, Inf. gussy up, SI. trick up; ornament, adorn, decorate, Scot. dink, embellish; accouter, equip, outfit, fit out, rig up or out.