1. to settle or decide a dispute by combat or trial; to fight out a quarrel
Usage: archaic; historical; chiefly British legal history
2. to arrange or set in order; to array or marshal
Usage: archaic; rare

Examples

• In medieval times, two knights would deraign their dispute through single combat.
• The parties agreed to deraign the matter before the king's court rather than resort to violence.
• The general deraigned his troops in battle formation before the enemy advance.
• They chose to deraign their conflicting claims through trial by ordeal.
• The feudal lord would deraign disputes among his vassals according to custom.