darrain
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English dereinen, 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”).
Verb
[edit]darrain (third-person singular simple present darrains, present participle darraining, simple past and past participle darrained)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make ready to fight; to arm oneself for combat.
- (obsolete, transitive) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
- 2001, Scott Lynch-Giddings, A Fancyfull Historie of that Most Notable & Fameous Outlaw Robyn Hood, San Jose, Calif.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 108:
- Now everything I had or sought, I've lost; / Upon a glimpse, I am disparadised. / So: go defiant to the nether world, / And darreign[sic] Lucifer's dread minions to / Worse torment than thou wouldst do thyself.
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with darrein.
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