arrestive

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English

Etymology

arrest +‎ -ive

Adjective

arrestive (comparative more arrestive, superlative most arrestive)

  1. Tending to arrest.
    • 1850, James McCosh, The Method of the Divine Government
      Some are Instigative, and others Arrestive.

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