▪ I. † raign, v. Obs.
Forms: 5–6 rayn-, reyn-, 5 raygn-, 5–6 reygne, 6 reign, rain.
[Aphetic form of arraign v.1]
trans. To arraign.
| 1444 Rolls of Parlt. V. 116/2 He shall..be punysshed be prisounement, and rayned at the Kynges will. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. cclii. (1482) 323 Iohan hume [etc.]..byfore the mayer the lordes and chyef Iustyce of Englond were rayned and dampned. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 97 b, Reigned before Pylate & iudged. 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Notes 374 Y{supt} same false faith in their owne works, raineth y⊇ mercy promised to the merits of their own works. |
So † ˈraignment, arraignment. Obs. rare—1.
| 1570 Foxe A. & M. 1637/1 Hauyng somewhat..to declare touching the raynment and death of the Duke of Suffolke. |
▪ II. raign(e
obs. forms of reign n. and v.