arrest.
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
Meaning & usage
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest
The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
A device to physically arrest motion.
The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
Where this word comes from
From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).
To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).
To stay, remain.
To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.
To catch the attention of.
To undergo cardiac arrest.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).
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