Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-RAIGN', or DE-RAIN'
DE-RAC'IN-A-TINGDE-RAIGN'MENT, or DE-RAIN'MENT
DE-RAIGN', or DE-RAIN', v.t. [Norm. derener, dereigner, deraigner, or derainer.]
To prove; to justify; to vindicate, as an assertion; to clear one's self. [An old law term, now disused.]
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