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Derain vs Deraign - What's the difference?

derain | deraign | Alternative forms |

Derain is an alternative form of deraign.


As verbs the difference between derain and deraign

is that derain is (legal|transitive) while deraign is (legal|obsolete|transitive) to prove or to refute by proof, especially on threat of combat.

derain

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (legal)

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    deraign

    English

    Alternative forms

    * darrayne * derain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal, obsolete, transitive) To prove or to refute by proof, especially on threat of combat.
  • (obsolete) To engage in (battle, combat etc.).
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.iv:
  • *:Therewith they gan to hurtlen greedily, / Redoubted battaile ready to darrayne , / And clash their shields, and shake their swords on hy [...].

    • Related terms

    * darrain

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