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Arresting
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
2.
to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention.
3.
to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress.
4.
Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer.
noun
Idiom5.
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
6.
any seizure or taking by force.
7.
an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay.
8.
Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop.
9.
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.
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
EXPANDre·ar·rest, verb (used with object), noun
un·ar·rest·a·ble, adjective
un·ar·rest·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention, apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check.
1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention, apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check.
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Word Origin & History
arresting
early 15c., "action of stopping" someone or something, from arrest (q.v.). Adj. meaning "striking, that captures the imagination" is from 1792.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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