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Halted

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halt

1  [hawlt]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily: They halted for lunch and strolled about.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to stop temporarily or permanently; bring to a stop: They halted operations during contract negotiations.
–noun
3. a temporary or permanent stop.
–interjection
4. (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a fleeing suspect.)
Origin:
1615–25; from the phrase make halt for G halt machen. See hold 1

Synonyms:
2. See stop. 3. cessation, suspension, standstill, stoppage.

halt

2  [hawlt]
–verb (used without object)
1. to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
2. to be in doubt; waver between alternatives; vacillate.
3. Archaic. to be lame; walk lamely; limp.
–adjective
4. Archaic. lame; limping.
–noun
5. Archaic. lameness; a limp.
6. (used with a plural verb) lame people, esp. severely lamed ones (usually prec. by the): the halt and the blind.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE healt; c. OHG halz, ON haltr, Goth halts, akin to L clādēs damage, loss

Related forms:
haltless, adjective
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halt 1   (hôlt)   
n.  A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one: The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.
v.   halt·ed, halt·ing, halts

v.   tr.
To cause to stop: The government hopes to halt tax fraud.
v.   intr.
To stop; pause: The hikers halted for lunch and some rest. See Synonyms at stop.

[German, sing. imperative of halten, to stop, from Middle High German, from Old High German haltan.]
halt 2   (hôlt)   
intr.v.   halt·ed, halt·ing, halts

  1. To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver.

  2. To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse.

  3. To limp or hobble.

adj.   Archaic
Lame; crippled.

[Middle English halten, to limp, from Old English healtian.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

halt  (n.)
"stop," 1622, from Fr. halte or It. alto, ult. from Ger. Halt, imperative from O.H.G. halten "to hold" (see hold). A Ger. militaryommand borrowed into the Romance languages 16c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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