verb
- past tense of deraign; to arrange or set in order; to prepare or make ready.
- past tense of deraign; in medieval law, to settle a dispute by combat or trial.
Usage: archaic; chiefly historical or literary
Usage: archaic; legal/historical
Examples
- The knights deraigned their armor before the tournament began.
- The dispute was deraigned through trial by combat, as was the custom.
- He deraigned his forces in preparation for the coming battle.
- The court deraigned the matter according to ancient law.
- The servants deraigned the hall for the grand feast.