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arresting

[uh-res-ting] Origin

ar·rest·ing

[uh-res-ting]
adjective
1.
attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
2.
making or having made an arrest: the arresting officer.

Origin:
arrest + -ing2

ar·rest·ing·ly, adverb
non·ar·rest·ing, adjective
un·ar·rest·ing, adjective

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ar·rest

[uh-rest]
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
5.
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.

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
EXPAND
re·ar·rest, verb (used with object), noun
un·ar·rest·a·ble, adjective
un·ar·rest·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE


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

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arresting (əˈrɛstɪŋ)
 
adj
attracting attention; striking
 
ar'restingly
 
adv

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arresting
early 15c., "action of stopping" someone or something, from arrest (q.v.). Adj. meaning "striking, that captures the imagination" is from 1792.
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