What part of speech is arraigned?

Arraigned can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. arraigned is a verb, past participle of arraign (infinitive).
  • 2. arraigned is a verb, past simple of arraign (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does arraigned mean?

Definitions

Verb

arraign - call before a court to answer an indictment
arraign - accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

Examples of arraigned

#   Sentence  
1. verb The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle.
2. verb Tom is due to be arraigned on October 20th.
3. verb 'If the name / of Palamedes thou hast chanced to hear, / old Belus' progeny, if ever came / to thee or thine in talk the rumour of his fame, / whom, pure of guilt, on charges false and feigned, / wroth that his sentence should the war prevent, / by perjured witnesses the Greeks arraigned, / and doomed to die, but now his death lament.'
4. verb Tom is set to be arraigned Monday.
5. verb Why is it that, on your return after so long an absence, I am arraigned in this manner?
Sentence  
verb
The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle.
Tom is due to be arraigned on October 20th.
'If the name / of Palamedes thou hast chanced to hear, / old Belus' progeny, if ever came / to thee or thine in talk the rumour of his fame, / whom, pure of guilt, on charges false and feigned, / wroth that his sentence should the war prevent, / by perjured witnesses the Greeks arraigned, / and doomed to die, but now his death lament.'
Tom is set to be arraigned Monday.
Why is it that, on your return after so long an absence, I am arraigned in this manner?

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