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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
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.
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Arrests
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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
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
EXPAND 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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