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Arrest

//əˈɹɛst// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) wordnet
  3. 3
    The condition of being stopped, standstill. countable, uncountable

    "cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest"

  4. 4
    the state of inactivity following an interruption wordnet
  5. 5
    The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. countable, uncountable

    "State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city."

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  1. 6
    A confinement, detention, as after an arrest. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A device to physically arrest motion. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit."

  5. 10
    A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part). obsolete, transitive

    "An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce."

  2. 2
    hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of wordnet
  3. 3
    To stay, remain. intransitive, obsolete

    "A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry."

  4. 4
    take into custody wordnet
  5. 5
    To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). transitive

    "To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting."

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  1. 6
    attract and fix wordnet
  2. 7
    To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. transitive

    "The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry."

  3. 8
    cause to come to an abrupt stop wordnet
  4. 9
    To catch the attention of. transitive

    "There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular."

  5. 10
    To undergo cardiac arrest. intransitive

    "Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).

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