intransitive verb. To stop; check.

intransitive verb. To seize and hold under the authority of law.

intransitive verb. To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.

intransitive verb. To undergo cardiac arrest.

noun. undefined

noun. The act of detaining in legal custody.

noun. The state of being so detained.

noun. A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.

noun. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.

noun. A mangy tumor on the back part of the hind leg of a horse. Also called rat-tail.

To stop forcibly; check or hinder the motion or action of: as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the course of justice.

To take, seize, or apprehend by virtue of a legal warrant or official authority; take into custody: as, to arrest one for a crime or misdemeanor.

To seize and fix; engage; secure; catch; take: as, to arrest the eyes or the attention.

To rest or fix.

In Scots and admiralty law, to seize (property) for debt or the satisfaction of a claim; attach or levy upon.

noun. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; suspension of movement or action: as, an arrest of the vital functions; “the stop and arrest of the air,” Bacon.

noun. Self-restraint; self-command.

noun. Any seizure or taking by force, physical or moral; hindrance; interruption; stoppage; restraint.

noun. In machinery, any contrivance which stops or retards motion.

noun. In law, the taking of a person into custody of the law, usually by virtue of a warrant from authority.

noun. In admiralty law, the taking of a ship into custody by virtue of a warrant from a court.—

noun. In Scots law, attachment; seizure of property, funds, etc., by legal process, as for debt or the satisfaction of a claim.

transitive verb. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of

transitive verb. To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law.

transitive verb. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch.

transitive verb. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

intransitive verb. To tarry; to rest.

noun. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint.

noun. The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

noun. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

noun. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.

noun. the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.

noun. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

noun. The condition of being stopped, standstill.

noun. The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

noun. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

noun. A device to physically arrest motion.

noun. The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

verb. take into custody

verb. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

verb. cause to stop

verb. attract and fix

noun. the state of inactivity following an interruption

noun. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

"The period at which malformations occur is a matter of some importance; this is, indeed, implied in the term arrest of development; evolution goes on with growth up to a certain point and is then stopped, and thus changes are brought about in the part affected of a different nature from those dependent on non-development or suppression."

arrest of judgment  breach of arrest  imprisonment  nerve of arrest  restrain  

arrest warrant  arrester  arresting  arrestment  arrestor  

attract  capture  clutch  draw  draw in  

Best  Blessed  Brest  Celeste  Este  

abuse  accident  assault  capture  conviction  

Jacksonian epilepsy  Rolandic epilepsy  abdominal epilepsy  abduction  absorb  

arrested  arresting  arrests