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.
Not to be confused with darrein.
Source: Wiktionary
Dar"raign, Dar"rain,, v. t. Etym: [OF. deraisnier to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse, contend in law, fr. L. ratio reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf. Arraign, and see Reason.]
1. To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.] Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. Shak.
2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.] "To darrain the battle." Chaucer .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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