arrest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /əˈɹɛst/, SAMPA: /@"r\Est/

[edit] Etymology

From Old French arester (“‘to stay, stop’”), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare, from Latin ad- (“‘to’”) + restare (“‘to stop, remain behind, stay back’”), from re- (“‘back’”) + stare (“‘to stand’”), from PIE base *sta- (“‘to stand’”) (see Latin stet).

[edit] Noun

arrest (plural arrests)

1. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something
2. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
3. (law) The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
4. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest
5. A device to physically arrest motion

[edit] Derived terms

• arrest warrant
• cardiac arrest
• house arrest

[edit] Translations

to be checked again, by meaning

[edit] Verb

to arrest (third-person singular simple present arrests, present participle arresting, simple past and past participle arrested)

1. To stop
2. To seize
   • 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves, page ?

     There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.

   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

     I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
     And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation.
     Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
     Western reason had entered the age of judgement.

3. To take into legal custody

[edit] Derived terms

• arrester, arrestor
• arrestment
• arresting

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aerrst
• rarest
• raster
• raters
• starer

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[edit] Noun

arrest (plural arresten, diminutive arrestje, diminutive plural arrestjes)

1. detention, confinement, especially after being arrested

[edit] Derived terms

• huisarrest n.
• kamerarrest n.