arrest
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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 Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
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arrest (plural arrests)
- A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- (law) The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest
- A device to physically arrest motion
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condition of being stopped
act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc
confinement, as after an arrest
device to physically arrest motion
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to be checked again, by meaning
an act or instance of an arrest
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arrest (third-person singular simple present arrests, present participle arresting, simple past and past participle arrested)
- (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal). [14th-19th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain. [14th-16th c.]
- (transitive) To stop (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To catch the attention of. [from 19th c.]
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
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to stop (a process etc.)
to seize attention of
to take into legal custody
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arrest m. (plural arrestos)
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arrest n. (plural arresten, diminutive arrestje)
- detention, confinement, especially after being arrested
- Lauje sentence passed by a higher court
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- huisarrest n.
- kamerarrest n.
