"darrain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: darrains [present, singular, third-person], darraining [participle, present], darrained [participle, past], darrained [past]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dereinen}} Middle English dereinen, {{der|en|fro|deraisnier||to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings}} Old French deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), {{der|en|LL.|derationare||to discourse, contend in law}} Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} darrain (third-person singular simple present darrains, present participle darraining, simple past and past participle darrained)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make ready to fight; to arm oneself for combat. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-darrain-en-verb-s2rtiObe
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-darrain-en-verb-30YHEciH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: darraign, darraigne, darraine, darrayn, darrayne, dereine, dereyne Related terms: deraign

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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