English Explanatory Dictionary

deraign

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dereynen, from Old French deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), from Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”).

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