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arrestive, a.|əˈrɛstɪv|
[f. arrest v. + -ive; cf. OF. arrestif, -ive.]
1. Having as its attribute or tendency to arrest.
1834T. Cowan Art of Poetic Painting 3 Strength in expression..and arrestive power in all forms of discourse and composition, consist..in the employment of descriptive and illustrative Imagery. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. (1862) 407 Partaking of the nature of the arrestive and instigative [are]..emotions of astonishment, surprise and wonder. 1878Stanford Symb. Christ iii. 64 A startling and arrestive sight.
2. Gram. Applied to conjunctions such as but.
1863Bain Eng. Gram. 65 The second class of Co-ordinating Conjunctions are the Adversative..This class is subdivided into three species..The Arrestive, represented by ‘but,’ ‘but then,’ ‘still,’ ‘yet,’ ‘only,’ ‘nevertheless,’ ‘however.’ Phrases: ‘for all that,’ ‘at the same time.’ |