Arrest
[ə'rest] or [ə'rɛst]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
(v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
(v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
(v. i.) To tarry; to rest.
(v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
(v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
(v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
(v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Stop, stay, check, interrupt, obstruct, hinder, delay, detain, restrain, hold, withhold, keep back.[2]. Seize, apprehend, take, capture, catch, take up, take into custody, take prisoner.[3]. Engage, fix, engross, occupy, rivet.
n. [1]. Staying, stopping, hinderance, obstruction.[2]. Seizure, capture, detention.
Editor: Meredith
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Seize, take, stop, capture, withhold, restrain, hold, detain, apprehend
ANT:Release, dismiss, liberate, free, discharge, expedite
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Definition
v.t. to stop: to seize: to catch the attention: to apprehend by legal authority.—n. stoppage: seizure by warrant.—adj. Arrest′able liable to be arrested.—n. Arrestā′tion the act of arresting: arrest.—adj. Arrest′ive with a tendency to arrest.—n. Arrest′ment (law) detention of a person arrested till liberated on bail or by security: (Scots law) the process which prohibits a debtor from making payment to his creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
v.t. Formally to detain one accused of unusualness.
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Examples
- I have been followed from London Bridge Station, and I am sure that they are only waiting for the warrant to arrest me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then let us go arrest him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Arrest these men, Inspector, he gasped. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But won't they arrest you if they catch you out of uniform? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I wish to inquire of his lordship respectfully, if he has objections to tell me whether or not he has ever threatened to put me under arrest? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was a most singular thing that the arrest was our embarrassment and not Mr. Skimpole's. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After this retreat they arrest everybody. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- How I do still abhor-- He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I don't want to be arrested. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It would break her heart--it will break her heart when she hears that I am arrested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My attention was arrested by the fact that he walked off after responding, and the sender happened to be a good one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her eye was arrested by what was a familiar sight enough, though it broke upon her now with a new significance. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And the experience of each party loses in meaning, when the free interchange of varying modes of life-experience is arrested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By-and-by the noise of the key in the lock arrested them both. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She arrests him with some mysterious question. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And he arrests Malvoisin, said the King, raising his visor, by the order of Richard Plantagenet, here present. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was a question whether the government would then have had the power to make arrests and punish those who talked treason. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As boracic acid is but slightly soluble in water and other common solvents this combination with glycerine--which is also a useful agent in arresting the growth of germs--is peculiarly valuable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- So you despair of arresting the murderer of poor Straker, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ainsi, he began, abruptly fronting and arresting me, vous allez tr?ner comme une reine; demain--tr?ner à mes c?tés? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And the exquisite pleasure of slowly arresting the boat, in the heavy-soft water, was complete as a swoon. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was Selden himself who unwittingly fused the group by arresting the attention of one of its members. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You may or may not have just cause for arresting me, said he, but at least there can be no reason why I should submit to the gibes of this person. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I sent them away, after arresting a rascal amongst them, whom I hope to transport--a fellow who preaches at the chapel yonder sometimes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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