From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrest \Ar*rest"\, verb (used without an object) To tarry; to rest. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrest \Ar*rest"\, noun [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arr[^e]t, fr. arester. See {Arrest}, verb (used with an object), {Arr?t}.]
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. (Law) 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.
Note: 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. (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails. --White.
{Arrest of judgment} (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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrest \Ar*rest"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Arrested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arresting}.] [OE. aresten, OF. arester, F. arr[^e]ter, fr. LL. arrestare; L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand. See {Rest} remainder.]
1. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. --Philips.
2. (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
Note: After this word Shakespeare uses of (''I arrest thee of high treason'') or on; the modern usage is for.
3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention. --Buckminster.
4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.]
We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To obstruct; delay; detain; check; hinder; stop; apprehend; seize; lay hold of.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {catch}, {collar}, {pinch}, {taking into custody}]
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" [syn: {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop}, {stoppage}]
verb
1: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
2: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: {check}, {turn back}, {stop}, {contain}, {hold back}]
3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: {catch}, {get}]
4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" [syn: {halt}, {hold}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
387 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrest": Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, apprehend, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrested, arrestment, attach, attack, autonomic epilepsy, backpedal, backwater, balk, bearing rein, bell, bit, block, blockage, blocking, bottle up, brake, bridle, bring to, bring up short, bust, capture, cardiac epilepsy, catch, catching, cessation, chain, charm, check, checkmate, checkrein, chock, choke, clip the wings, clog, clogging, clonic spasm, clonus, closing up, closure, collar, collaring, compare, confine, constrain, constraint, constriction, contain, control, convulsion, cool, cool off, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, cortical epilepsy, countercheck, coup, cramp, curb, curb bit, cursive epilepsy, curtail, curtailment, cut short, cutoff, dam, dam up, damp, damper, dead stop, deadlock, decelerate, deceleration, delay, detain, detainment, detention, diurnal epilepsy, dompt, doorstop, drag, drag sail, dragnet, draw rein, drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, ease off, ease up, ease-off, ease-up, eclampsia, enchant, end, endgame, ending, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enjoin, enthrall, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, exercise, falling sickness, fascinate, fetter, final whistle, fit, fixation, flagging, focal epilepsy, foot-dragging, forcible seizure, forestall, freeze, frenzy, frustrate, full stop, govern, grab, grabbing, grand mal, grinding halt, grip, guard, gun, halt, hamper, hampering, haute mal, hinder, hindering, hindrance, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hold up, holdback, holdup, hypnotize, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, immerse, immure, impede, impediment, imprison, imprisoned, in custody, incarcerate, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, intercept, interdict, interfere, interference, intermeddle, interpose, interrupt, interruption, intervene, involve, involve the interest, jail, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, kidnapping, lag, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy, lay hands on, lay under restraint, legal restraint, let, let down, let up, letdown, letup, lock up, lockjaw, lockout, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, make an arrest, make late, martingale, matutinal epilepsy, meddle, menstrual epilepsy, mesmerize, minus acceleration, moderate, monopolize, monopoly, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nab, nabbing, negativism, net, netting, nick, nocturnal epilepsy, nuisance value, obsess, obstruct, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, occupy, occupy the attention, oppose, opposition, paroxysm, pelham, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, pick up, picking up, pickup, pinch, power grab, prehension, preoccupy, prevent, prohibit, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, pull, pull in, pull up, put paid to, put under arrest, rationing, reef, reflex epilepsy, rein, rein in, relax, remora, repress, repression, resist, resistance, restrain, restraint, restraint of trade, restriction, retard, retardation, retardment, retrench, retrenchment, rotatoria, run in, running in, scotch, sea anchor, seize, seizure, seizure of power, self-control, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, set back, setback, shackle, sit-down strike, slack off, slack up, slack-up, slacken, slackening, slough, slow, slow down, slow up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, snaffle, snatch, snatching, snub, spasm, spellbind, spoke, squeeze, stalemate, stall, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stem, stem the tide, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, stop up, stoppage, straiten, stranglehold, stricture, strike, stroke, suppress, suppression, take, take captive, take in, take in sail, take into custody, take prisoner, take up, taking, taking in, taking into custody, tardy epilepsy, tariff wall, tetanus, tetany, thought control, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis, throttle down, thwart, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, torsion spasm, trammel, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, visitation, walkout, withhold, withstand, work stoppage
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ARREST, v.t. Formally to detain one accused of unusualness.
God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. _The Unauthorized Version_
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