Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To stop; check.
- intransitive verb To seize and hold under the authority of law.
- intransitive verb To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.
- intransitive verb To undergo cardiac arrest.
- noun The act of detaining in legal custody.
- noun The state of being so detained.
- noun A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.
- noun The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; suspension of movement or action: as, an arrest of the vital functions; “the stop and arrest of the air,” Bacon.
- noun Self-restraint; self-command.
- noun Any seizure or taking by force, physical or moral; hindrance; interruption; stoppage; restraint.
- noun In machinery, any contrivance which stops or retards motion.
- noun In law, the taking of a person into custody of the law, usually by virtue of a warrant from authority.
- noun In admiralty law, the taking of a ship into custody by virtue of a warrant from a court.—
- noun In Scots law, attachment; seizure of property, funds, etc., by legal process, as for debt or the satisfaction of a claim.
- noun A mangy tumor on the back part of the hind leg of a horse. Also called
rat-tail . - To stop forcibly; check or hinder the motion or action of: as, to
arrest the current of a river; to arrest the course of justice. - To take, seize, or apprehend by virtue of a legal warrant or official authority; take into custody: as, to
arrest one for a crime or misdemeanor. - To seize and fix; engage; secure; catch; take: as, to
arrest the eyes or the attention. - To rest or fix.
- In Scots and admiralty law, to seize (property) for debt or the satisfaction of a claim; attach or levy upon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To tarry; to rest.
- transitive verb To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of
- transitive verb (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law.
- transitive verb To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch.
- transitive verb obsolete To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
- noun The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint.
- noun (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
- noun Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
- noun (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named
rat-tails . - noun (Law) 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 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
check ,stop , an act or instance ofarresting something. - noun The condition of being
stopped ,standstill . - noun law The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- noun A
confinement ,detention , as after an arrest. - noun A device to physically arrest
motion . - noun nautical The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take into custody
- verb hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- verb cause to stop
- verb attract and fix
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
- noun the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The period at which malformations occur is a matter of some importance; this is, indeed, implied in the term arrest of development; evolution goes on with growth up to a certain point and is then stopped, and thus changes are brought about in the part affected of a different nature from those dependent on non-development or suppression.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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That description was changed in a subsequent legal filing, with a lawyer for KIT saying the use of the word "arrest" was due to an "administrative error."
KIT Digital Gives Investors Plenty of Drama Rolfe Winkler 2011
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So I go and commit a rape and murder and when the police arrest me, I claim that the arrest is the definitive proof that indeed, I was correct and am being victimized by the police.
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At about the age of fifty, Tolstoy relates that he began to have moments of perplexity, of what he calls arrest, as if he knew not "how to live," or what to do.
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At about the age of fifty, Tolstoy relates that he began to have moments of perplexity, of what he calls arrest, as if he knew not "how to live," or what to do.
Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876
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British foreign minister David Miliband condemned what he described as the arrest and continued detention of "hard-working" embassy staff.
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The Gates arrest is a perfect example of too many people in society no longer taking responsibility for their actions.
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You know, ultimately, it's true there are enough people out there who know how to do this that one arrest is not going to make the difference.
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Her current sentence of house arrest is due to end a few days after the elections, making her ineligible to participate.
UN Expert: Genuine Change From Burma's Elections Are 'Limited' 2010
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Her supporters say the arrest is meant to keep her confined so she cannot participate in the general elections that the junta has scheduled for next year.
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