arrester

English

Alternative forms

• arrestor

Etymology

arrest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

arrester (plural arresters)

1. One who places another under arrest.
2. A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.

Anagrams

• rearrest

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Middle French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arresto.

Verb

arrester

1. (transitive) to stop
2. (reflexive, s'arrester) to stop (stop oneself; halt oneself)
   • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     et la je m'arrestay pour attendre compaignie qui alast ou pays de Berne ou le dit conte se tenoit

     And there I stayed to wait for the company that was going to Berne where the aforementioned count was

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of arrester

infinitive	simple	arrester
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	arrestant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		arresté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	arreste	arrestes	arreste	arrestons	arrestez	arrestent
	imperfect	arrestois, arrestoys	arrestois, arrestoys	arrestoit, arrestoyt	arrestions, arrestyons	arrestiez, arrestyez	arrestoient, arrestoyent
	past historic	arresta	arrestas	arresta	arrestasmes	arrestastes	arresterent
	future	arresterai, arresteray	arresteras	arrestera	arresterons	arresterez	arresteront
	conditional	arresterois, arresteroys	arresterois, arresteroys	arresteroit, arresteroyt	arresterions, arresteryons	arresteriez, arresteryez	arresteroient, arresteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	arreste	arrestes	arreste	arrestons	arrestez	arrestent
	imperfect	arrestasse	arrestasses	arrestast	arrestassions	arrestassiez	arrestassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	arreste	—	arrestons	arrestez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: arrêter

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

arrester m

1. indefinite plural of arrest

Verb

arrester

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of arrestere

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Old French

Verb

arrester

1. Alternative form of arester

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of arrester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		arrester			avoir arresté
gerund		en arrestant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		arrestant
past participle		arresté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	arrest	arrestes	arreste	arrestons	arrestez	arrestent
	imperfect	arrestoie, arresteie, arrestoe, arresteve	arrestoies, arresteies, arrestoes, arresteves	arrestoit, arresteit, arrestot, arresteve	arrestiiens, arrestiens	arrestiiez, arrestiez	arrestoient, arresteient, arrestoent, arrestevent
	preterite	arrestai	arrestas	arresta	arrestames	arrestastes	arresterent
	future	arresterai	arresteras	arrestera	arresterons	arresteroiz, arrestereiz, arresterez	arresteront
	conditional	arresteroie, arrestereie	arresteroies, arrestereies	arresteroit, arrestereit	arresteriiens, arresteriens	arresteriiez, arresteriez	arresteroient, arrestereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	arrest	arrez	arrest	arrestons	arrestez	arrestent
	imperfect	arrestasse	arrestasses	arrestast	arrestissons, arrestissiens	arrestissoiz, arrestissez, arrestissiez	arrestassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	arreste	—	arrestons	arrestez	—

• An alternative but rare past participle arrestu exists.