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

v.   tr.
  1. To stop; check: a brake that automatically arrests motion; arrested the growth of the tumor.
  2. To seize and hold under the authority of law.
  3. To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.

v.   intr.
To undergo cardiac arrest: The patient arrested en route to the hospital.

n.  
    1. The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect.
    2. The state of being so detained: a criminal under arrest.
  2. A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.
  3. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.


[Middle English aresten, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin restāre, to stand still (re-, re- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots).]

ar·rest'a·ble adj., ar·rest'er, ar·res'tor n., ar·rest'ment n.
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