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[uh-rest]

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verb (used with object)

to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.

to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention.

to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress.

Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer.

noun

the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.

any seizure or taking by force.

an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay.

Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop.

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Idiom

under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime.

Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English aresten < Anglo-French, Middle French arester, < Vulgar Latin *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest²); (noun) Middle English arest(e) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of v.

Related forms

ar·rest·a·ble, adjective

ar·rest·ment, noun

post·ar·rest, adjective

pre·ar·rest, verb (used with object)

pre·ar·rest·ment, noun

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re·ar·rest, verb (used with object), noun

un·ar·rest·a·ble, adjective

un·ar·rest·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention, apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check.

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Example Sentences

Notice the one of the main way for them to arrest small time drug users is threw a traffic stop.

But changes at ground level-the soldiers'-eye views-may be harder to arrest.

Another objective measure is arrest records and incarceration records.

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World English Dictionary

arrest (əˈrɛst)

—vb
1.	to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority
2.	to seize (a ship) under lawful authority
3.	to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)
4.	to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc)
5.	law arrest judgment to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
6.	informal can't get arrested (of a performer) is unrecognized and unsuccessful: he can't get arrested here but is a megastar in the States

—n
7.	the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority
8.	the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority
9.	the state of being held, esp under lawful authority: under arrest
10.	Also called: arrestation the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
11.	the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something: a cardiac arrest

[C14: from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arrestāre (unattested), from Latin ad at, to + restāre to stand firm, stop]

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Word Origin & History

arrest

"to cause to stop," also "to detain legally," late 14c., from O.Fr. arester "to stay, stop," from V.L. *arrestare (cf. It. arrestare, Sp., Port. arrestar), from L. ad- "to" + restare "to stop, remain behind, stay back," from re- "back" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see

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stet). Fig. sense of "to catch and hold" (the attention, etc.) is from 1814.

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Medical Dictionary

arrest ar·rest (ə-rěst')
v. ar·rest·ed, ar·rest·ing, ar·rests

To stop; check.
To undergo cardiac arrest.

An interference with or a checking of the regular course of a disease or symptom, a stoppage.
Interference with the performance of a function.
The inhibition of a developmental process, usually the ultimate stage of development.

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Idioms & Phrases

arrest

see under arrest.

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