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Definition of Arrest

1. Noun. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal). "The policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

2. Verb. Take into custody. "The police nabbed the suspected criminals"

3. Noun. The state of inactivity following an interruption. "He spent the entire stop in his seat"

4. Verb. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. "Turn back the tide of communism"

5. Verb. Attract and fix. "Catch the attention of the waiter"

6. Verb. Cause to stop. "They arrest the animals"; "Halt the presses"

Definition of Arrest

1. v. t. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

2. v. i. To tarry; to rest.

3. n. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

Definition of Arrest

1. Noun. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. ¹

2. Noun. The condition of being stopped, standstill. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. ¹

4. Noun. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest. ¹

5. Noun. A device to physically arrest motion. ¹

6. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal). (defdate 14th-19th c.) ¹

7. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To stay, remain. (defdate 14th-16th c.) ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To stop (a process, course etc.). (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To catch the attention of. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arrest

1. to seize and hold by legal authority [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Arrest

1. 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. "As the arrest of the air showeth." (Bacon) 2. The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. "William . . . Ordered him to be put under arrest." (Macaulay) "[Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys." (Shak) An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body; but it is sufficient in the party be within the power of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty law, and in old English practice, the term is applied to the seizure of property. 3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral. "The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc, . . . Were sad arrests to his troubled spirit." (Jer. Taylor) 4. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; also named rat-tails. Arrest of judgment, the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment. Origin: OE. Arest, arrest, OF. Arest, F. Arret, fr. Arester. See Arrest, Arrt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrest

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arreeding arrenotokous arrentation arrentations arreption arrest (current term) arrest warrant arrest warrants arrestable arrestant

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