v. t.
So [ they ] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ They ] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]
A mechanism previously arranged. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ Cf. F. arrangement. ]
n. One who arranges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the act of arranging a piece of music.
a. [ OE. erraunt, errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See Errant. ] Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated;
I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
An arrant honest woman. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]