arrestn.1
/əˈrɛst/, U.S. /əˈrɛst/ I. Senses pertaining to the intransitive vb.† 1. The act of standing still, halting, or stopping; stoppage, stop, halt, delay. Obsolete. without arrest: cf. without abode at abode n.1 1 (Chaucer, Lydgate, and Scottish poets).† 2. Remaining, abiding, continuance. Obsolete.† 3. Abiding-place, abode, mansion. Obsolete.† 4. in arrest: in rest, as a lance. at arrest: at attention. Obsolete.
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the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > act of
arrestc1385
stop?1575
stand1591
the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > arrest of motion
arrestc1385
stop1544
checkc1555
stoppage1775
pull-up1834
arrestment1836
arresting1849
fetch-up1866
hold-back1888
seize-up1912
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey > the action of stopping
arrestc1385
resta1387
halting1759
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey
resting?a1425
arresta1500
bait1580
alto1591
halt1598
station1604
stop1650
stoppage1840
noon halt1843
stop-off1869
lay-over1873
stop-over1881
water stop1896
overnight1936
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1929 Withoute areste [v.r. arest, arreste, areest]..He wolde him ete.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. ix To whom Castor withouten more areste Hath..gyue a mortall wounde.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 844 For southren men vald that he maid Arest thar.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 356 The folk fled..For-outen arest.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 3308 Non abaid he makith, nor arest.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. v. 119 Mercur but arest Dressyt to obey hys gret faderis behest.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Posate, arests which a horse doth make in advancing his forepart.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > continuance, duration
arrestc1386
continuance1393
tenor1398
lasta1400
lastinga1400
abiding?a1425
demur1533
remanence1558
subsistence1600
continualness1611
incessancy?1615
continuancy1621
uncessantness1627
mansion1637
subsistency1642
remanency1647
unintermissiveness1651
indesinency1657
continuation1664
unintermission1681
incessantness1727
unceasingness1727
unintermittingness1866
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Wright) [342] An irous man is lik a frentik best In which ther is of wisdom noon arrest.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
a1400 Coventry Myst. (1841) 91 Welcome, Joachym, onto myn areste, Bothe Anne thi wyff and Mary clere.
c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 158 A mey hym harburd yn hur hall..And held that hend yn hur arest.
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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [adverb] > at attention
at arrestc1400
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [adverb] > in rest
in arrestc1400
c1400 Rom. Rose 7563 Thou here watchest at the gate, With spere in thine arest alweye.
c1440 Morte Arth. 548 That they be redye in araye, and at areste foundyne.
1481 W. Caxton Tulle of Old Age ix. 8 (R.) He mowntyng upon his courser, and his spere in his arrest, spurrid on his horse.
II. From the transitive vb.† 13. A judgement, decree, order, or sentence; properly of a French supreme court of law; also transferred and figurative. Obsolete, and replaced by arrêt from modern French.
5.
a. The act of stopping anything in its course; a stop put to anything, stoppage, stay, check.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > causing cessation of action or operation
arrestc1400
stanchingc1400
arresting1424
cessing1512
stay1537
surceasing1553
staying1563
cohibition1586
intercepting1598
interception1611
stoppage1657
arrestation1793
arrestment1836
stemming1914
turn-off1967
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun]
withsetting1340
arrestc1400
stanchingc1400
prevention1447
forbarringc1449
stop1544
preventing1563
stopple1578
cohibition1586
intercepting1598
stonda1604
attachment1609
preclusion1616
antevertinga1656
aversion1664
interpellation1814
suppression1859
stemming1914
c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 285 b/2 Mallice..slily to bridle, and with a good bitte of areste to withdraw.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxcviii. 689 Certayne arest of this warre.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xix. 106 That they must haue some Checke or Arrest in their Fortunes.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 155 Words are the arrest of the desires, and keep the spirit fixt.
1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 49 in Scepsis Scientifica An arrest of all ingenious and practical indeavour.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 150 These [bristles] as well as the scales..are..points of arrest, in each wing.
1879 Timbs in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 119/2 A partial arrest of the vital processes.
b. Medicine. A sudden, sometimes temporary, cessation of function of an organ or system, spec. the heart. Cf. cardiac arrest n. at cardiac adj. and n. Compounds
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [noun] > blockage or stoppage
syncopec1400
syncopation1547
asystole1870
asystolism1870
cardiac arrest1873
arrest1883
heart block1903
tamponade1932
cardiac1972
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > other disorders
oppletion1615
lesion1640
reflux1662
stress1682
prosphysis1684
injection1806
collapse1808
exstrophy1835
extroversion1835
fatigue1872
splanchnomegaly1910
malalignment1922
arrest1939
1883 Jrnl. Physiol. 4 35 Calcium oxide..or calcium chloride, added to saline solution, prevent the weakening and arrest of the ventricle which occurs with saline solution alone.
1904 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 11 372 Certain conclusions can be drawn with regard to the arrest of the heart caused by this reagent.
1939 Lancet 4 Nov. 970/1 Houssay and Hug..found that respiration and even reflexes might return after arrest of the circulation for 5 min.
1944 R. C. Adams Intravenous Anesthesia xxv. 471 Respiratory arrest was usually followed by a rise in blood pressure.
1950 Ann. Surg. CXXXII. 855 The sudden onset of ventricular fibrillation in 15 and cardiac arrest in two as observed in the continuous electrocardiographic image.
1962 J. H. Burn Drugs, Med. & Man ix. 99 It was realized that arrest of the patient's respiration might sometimes assist the surgeon.
1977 Lancet 11 June 1224/1 385 arrests happened in casualty, with 49 survivors.
1982 Macmillan Guide Family Health 388/1 When coronary heart disease is not to blame, the cause of the arrest is sometimes a disorder of rhythm known as ventricular fibrillation.
6. Law. arrest of judgement: a stay of proceedings, after a verdict for the plaintiff or the Crown, on the ground of manifest error therein.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > execution of judgement > suspension of > on ground of error
arrest of judgement1660
1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 94 I may do it in Arrest of Judgment.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 393 Whatever is alleged in arrest of judgment must be such matter, as would upon demurrer have been sufficient to overturn the action or plea.
1772 Ld. Mansfield in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xxi If the paper be not criminal..he may move the court in arrest of judgement.
1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. i. v. 98 Galileo might have pleaded them with success in arrest of judgement.
7. The act of seizing or laying hold of; seizure. literal and figurative.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun]
nomea1300
arrestc1386
seizingc1400
rugging1507
rapping1541
grasping1546
seizement1581
expropriation1626
possessionc1693
grabbing1788
grab1835
the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing
gripinga1300
arrestc1386
gripe1393
seizingc1400
henting1440
kippingc1440
prensation1620
gripping1632
apprehension1646
comprehension1712
prehension1807
c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 80 I saugh a beest, Was lik an hound, and wold have maad arrest Upon my body, and wold han had me deed.
1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 182 Aquitaine and the rest of the English Provinces were seized on by the French... But notwithstanding this Arrest, the English still continued their pretensions to it.
1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 191 The first arrests of sleep.
8. spec. ‘The apprehending or restraining of one's person, in order to be forthcoming to answer an alleged or suspected crime.’ Blackstone.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun]
attachmenta1325
arresting1424
arrest1440
arrestment1474
restc1500
attach1508
attaching1515
deprehension1527
prehension1534
apprehending1563
apprehension1577
cog-shoulder1604
caption1609
deprension1654
nap1655
arrestation1792
body-snatching1840
shoulder-tap1842
collar1865
fall1883
nicking1883
cop1886
pinch1900
pickup1908
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 14 A-reste, or a-restynge, arestacio.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 157 To make arrest of al such as..prouoked to the Pope.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 57 His creditors threatened him with an arrest.
1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 294 An arrest is the apprehending, and first restraining of a mans person..and may be called the beginning of imprisonment.
1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1877) vii. 348 The Duke of Norfolk had been charged with the minister's arrest.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 278 The latter was not allowed to resist the arrest or defend himself in person.
9.
a. The condition resulting from being arrested; custody, imprisonment, durance.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > custody
arrestc1386
custodyc1503
detaininga1535
detention?1570
detainment1586
detain1596
detainer1640
detainal1806
pinch1900
deportation1909
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 452 [Man] dwelleth eek in prisoun and arreste.
1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 95 Now I suffer an Arrest.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 17 The Forty hath decreed a month's arrest.
b. under (an) arrest: under legal restraint, in the hands of the law, arrested.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > under arrest [phrase]
under (an) arrestc1386
on the peg1888
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 38 In libertee and vnder noon arreest.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 916 [He] stood wnder hir arest.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 123 If I could speake so wisely vnder an arrest, I would send for certaine of my Creditors. View more context for this quotation
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 105. ⁋2 Poor Will was under an Arrest, and desired the Assistance of all..or he must go to Gaol.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xii. 196 Sir, consider yourself under an arrest.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 60 Lord Russell was soon after placed under arrest.
10. figurative.
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c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 71 Godis seruauntis in areest haþ þee take.
1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 61 The arrest of Death shall not alwayes keepe him.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 18 Paul being under the arrest of God's might and power, lay for dead.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. viii. 350 Satan claps an Arrest upon him, of a far greater Debt than God chargeth upon him.
1873 tr. Van Oostersee's Christian Dogmatics lxxviii. 430 Guilt is the conscious arrest of our life under the Divine law.
11. transferred. Of a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > temporary detention of a ship
arrest1848
1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. ii. 813 Arrest is a temporary detention of ship, etc. with a view to ultimately releasing it, or repaying its value.
12. The act of arresting (the attention).
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun]
attraction1607
arrest1876
spellbinding1896
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvii. 341 This strong arrest of his attention made him cease singing.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling
doomc825
judging1357
verdictc1386
determination1395
judgement?a1400
skillc1400
decision1467
date1488
arrest1509
resolution1545
pronouncement1593
resultance1610
decreea1642
placit1641
pronounce1641
placitum1649
vardy1738
deliverance1856
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > judgement or decision of court
judgement?a1300
rulinga1382
deliverance1385
sentencec1386
laudc1465
judiciala1500
arrest1509
interlocutor1533
finding1581
fatwa1625
decreea1642
arrêtc1650
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure 203 I obeyed his rest; there was no remedy.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 10/1 By the Arestum of the Counsaile of Paris. an. 1463.]
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. ix. 1120 That the arest [L. senatus consultum] devised against him might be reversed.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 67 He..sends out arrests On Fortenbrasse, which he in briefe obays.
1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. N To dispence with Gods lawes in this world, & to alter his arrests and iudgements in the other.
1699 London Gaz. mmmdxxxii/3 An Arrest will shortly be published for raising to 13 Livers the old Lewis d'Or and the Spanish Pistols.
1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 231 By an Arrest of Council in France..the strict execution of that edict is enjoin'd.
Draft additions September 2013
arrest warrant n. a warrant, esp. one issued by a judge, authorizing the arrest and detention of a person.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > warrant > types of warrant
searchery1541
letter (also commission, gift) of searchery1566
reprieve1602
bench warrant1680
death warrant1692
fastener1699
search warrant1700
lettre de cachet1715
capital commitment1742
peace warrant1772
speciality1815
fugie-warrant1816
arrest warrant1824
1824 J. Stephen Slavery Brit. W. India Colonies Delineated (new ed.) I. v. 317 When the slave is not in custody, and the master does not send him to be tried, an arrest warrant is granted.
1885 Times of India 18 Sept. 5/2 The court again issued an arrest warrant against the overseer.
1969 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. 93/1 A Queens couple wanted for hijacking an Eastern Airlines plane Jan. 3 were charged with piracy..in an arrest warrant issued in Federal Court.
2000 ‘E. McBain’ Last Dance 163 They went in with a No-Knock arrest warrant and Kevlar vests because from what Betty Young had told them, the dude in here was no cookie-cutter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
arrestn.2
? Obsolete.
(See quots.; both senses occur in modern French.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > skin disorders
mallender1440
millets?1523
sallender?1523
rat's tails1566
arrest1639
rat-tails1696
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iv. 81 Rat-tayles.. which now we doe call the Arraistes.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Arrests, mangey tumours upon the sinews of the hinder-legs of a horse between the ham and the pastern.
1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Arrests, the small Bones of a Fish.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Arrests or Arrets, among farriers..called also Rat-tails. The name is taken from the resemblance they bear to the Arretes, or backbones of fishes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
arrestv.
/əˈrɛst/, U.S. /əˈrɛst/ I. intransitive. To stop, stay, remain, rest.† 1. To stop, come to a stand, halt. Obsolete.† 2. To stay, remain, continue, rest. Obsolete.† 3. To rest, repose (in confidence). Obsolete.† 4. To rest or dwell upon (a subject). (Cf. 8) Obsolete.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop
abideOE
atstandc1000
steveneta1225
atstuntc1230
to make, take, etc., stallc1275
stema1300
astandc1314
withstanda1325
stintc1374
arrestc1400
stotec1400
stayc1440
steadc1475
stop short1530
disadvance1610
come1611
consist1611
check1635
halt1656
to bring to1697
to draw up1767
to bring up1769
to pull up1781
to fetch up1838
to come to a standstill1852
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 766 Þenne arest þe renk & raȝt no fyrre.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 130/1 Without arestyng for to helpe them.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue
bidec893
ofstandeOE
astandc1000
restOE
holdc1175
dure1297
akeepc1300
lastc1300
arrest1393
containc1400
perseverec1425
reserve1529
to run on1533
to stick by ——1533
persist1538
persist1539
to hold up1582
retaina1631
persist1659
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. i. 164 A wilde beast, In whom no reson might areste.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 144 Durst nowhere for roȝ arest at þe bothem.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VI. 31 A white Starre..which to every Mannes Sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] > rely on
wrethea1225
treousec1275
resta1382
to stand upon ——a1393
hang1393
lengc1440
arrest1523
reckon1547
ground1551
stay1560
depend1563
repose1567
rely1574
count1642
to make stay upon1682
allot1816
tie1867
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlii. 358 One submyssion, wheron the kyng and his counsayle arested moost.
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the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] > dwell upon
resta1500
pause1530
to bide upona1616
arresta1631
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) iii. iv. §1 We must arrest awhile vpon the nature, and degrees, and effects of charity.
5. Medicine. To suffer cardiac arrest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > have disorder of heart [verb (intransitive)] > stop
fail?c1225
arrest1982
1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Nov. 1373/1 She might arrest postoperatively.
1985 Verbatim Winter 3/2 The patient never dies, though he may arrest (short for ‘suffer cardiac arrest’).
II. transitive (and reflexive) To cause to stop, detain.† 7. reflexive. To stop, stand still. (Cf. 1) Obsolete. (French s'arrêter.)† 8. reflexive. To rest oneself, remain, tarry. (Cf. 2) Obsolete.† 9. transitive and reflexive. To keep oneself or one's mind resting or fixed upon the consideration of a subject.
6. To cause to stop; to stop the course of:
a. a person or animal. Obsolete in literal sense since 1600, but still used in reference to a course of action, where it passes into 15b.
ΚΠ
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 827 Oure hoost bigan his hors areste.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xli. l. 8 As they wenten, Mochel folk they fownde that hem Arested.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 281 His host all than arestit [1489 Adv. arestyt] he.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxiv. 620 I arest you all, so that ye shall nat departe this day.
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 263 Stevin come stoppand in wt stendis No rynk mycht him arreist.
1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers i. 6 As I was coming..Sir Positive At-all, that fool..Arrests me with his Impertinence.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lvi. 365 In the pursuit of greatness he was never arrested by the scruples of justice.
1803 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 26 Mr. Pitt's resuming office would arrest Buonaparte in his..career.
1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xiii. 295 The five Danite warriors, as they pass by..are arrested by the sound of a well known voice.
b. a thing; usually a stream or train of things in motion or progress.
ΚΠ
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. vi. 29 Þe fletyng streme..is arestid and resisted ofte tyme by þe encountrynge of a stoon.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 7 He gert arest all his battale.
1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) I. 158 That all the navy of the land should be arrested.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xiii. 173 Forbeare t'arrest My thriftlesse day too soone.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. x. 211 Where Joshua's prayer arrested the Moon to stand still.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 332 The mountains..attract, and as it were arrest, the vapours and the rain that float in the atmosphere.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 133 Many springs..in winter are arrested by the frost.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius vii. 195 These deep cavities have often arrested the lava-currents.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vii. 91 Has He arrested the axe, and revoked the sentence?
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxiii. 116 Her tears were arrested.
1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) ix. xlviii. 293 The cannon-ball will in time be arrested by the resistance of the air.
c. motion, course, pace; growth, decay, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
astintc700
stathea1200
atstuntc1220
to put an end toa1300
to set end ofa1300
batec1300
stanch1338
stinta1350
to put awayc1350
arrestc1374
finisha1375
terminec1390
achievea1393
cease1393
removec1405
terminate?a1425
stop1426
surceasec1435
resta1450
discontinue1474
adetermine1483
blina1500
stay1525
abrogatea1529
suppressa1538
to set in or at stay1538
to make stay of1572
depart1579
check1581
intercept1581
to give a stop toa1586
dirempt1587
date1589
period1595
astayc1600
nip1600
to break off1607
snape1631
sist1635
to make (a) stop of1638
supersede1643
assopiatea1649
periodizea1657
unbusya1657
to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
cessate1701
end1737
to choke off1818
stopper1821
punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > bring to a standstill
astintc700
stinta1330
arrestc1374
stopc1440
stowc1440
stote1489
to pull up1623
to draw up1765
halt1805
to bring to a standstill1809
snub1841
paralyse1933
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > check (in) a course of action
stanchc1315
arrestc1374
checka1400
stem?c1450
stay1525
to take up1530
rebate1532
suspend1565
nip1575
countercheck1590
to nip in the bud1590
to clip the wings ofa1593
to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)1594
trasha1616
to scotch the wheels of1648
spike1687
spoke1854
to pull up1861
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. i. 32 Enforcest þou þe to aresten or wiþstanden þe swyftnesse..of hir tournyng.
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 264 My Dogs with better speed Arrest her Flight.
1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith Pref. 12 The pace..too rapid to be thus led or arrested.
1879 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (ed. 5) i. ii. §54 Its progress is arrested.
d. Law. to arrest judgement: to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the ground of error.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (intransitive)] > stay or suspend proceedings > on ground of error
to arrest judgement1768
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 395 If judgment is not by some of these means arrested.
1871 J. Jervis Archbold's Pleading Criminal Cases (ed. 17) 170 If the judgment be arrested, all the proceedings are set aside, and judgment of acquittal is given.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > not move [verb (reflexive)] > stop or stand still
arrest1530
1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes iv. 4 They marveylyd greatly and arested themself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease action or operation [verb (reflexive)] > for refreshment
resteOE
reposea1470
arrest1543
1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xciv He and his compaignie after their laboures, arested thaim for the space of three daies.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 90 When he had arested him a little while, he then roade..to Notingham.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > be engrossed [verb (reflexive)]
arrest1502
intend?1504
settle1530
lose1604
immerse1664
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > implant, fix
set971
fixc1430
engrave1509
settle1560
inviscerate1626
arresta1667
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii And who soo hym wyll areest in this medytacyon he there shall fynde, etc.
1626 T. Aylesbury Passion Serm. 9 Let us arest our selves awhile upon his foretold passions.
a1667 Jer. Taylor in Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies.
III. transitive. To stop and lay hold of.† 14. To fix, bind, pledge, engage. Obsolete.
10. gen. To catch, capture, seize, lay hold upon. Obsolete except as figurative use of 11.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)]
i-lecchec1000
fang1016
hentOE
takeOE
alatchlOE
catchc1275
wina1300
to take ina1387
attain1393
geta1400
overhent?a1400
restay?a1400
seizea1400
tachec1400
arrest1481
carrya1500
collara1535
snap1568
overgo1581
surprise1592
nibble1608
incaptivate1611
nicka1640
cop1704
chop1726
nail1735
to give a person the foot1767
capture1796
hooka1800
sniba1801
net1803
nib1819
prehend1831
corral1860
rope1877
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. 70 Bestes..whiche..haue so grete vngles or clawes that areste alle that they can holde.
1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. 13 Dethe by his course naturall Hathe him arested.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D6 Whenas Morpheus had with leaden mace Arrested all that courtly company.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 527 The pointed Death arrests him from behind.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad Well skilled..to rouse and with unerring aim arrest All savage kinds that haunt the mountain wilds.
1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vii. 186 We cannot arrest sunsets nor carve mountains.
11. esp. To capture, seize, lay hold upon, or apprehend by legal authority; ‘to restrain a man of his liberty, obliging him to be obedient to the law’.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)]
at-holda1230
attacha1325
resta1325
takec1330
arrest1393
restay?a1400
tachec1400
seisinc1425
to take upa1438
stowc1450
seize1471
to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515
deprehend1532
apprehend1548
nipa1566
upsnatcha1566
finger1572
to make stay of1572
embarge1585
cap1590
reprehend1598
prehenda1605
embar1647
nap1665
nab1686
bone1699
roast1699
do1784
touch1785
pinch1789
to pull up1799
grab1800
nick1806
pull1811
hobble1819
nail1823
nipper1823
bag1824
lag1847
tap1859
snaffle1860
to put the collar on1865
copper1872
to take in1878
lumber1882
to pick up1887
to pull in1893
lift1923
drag1924
to knock off1926
to put the sleeve on1930
bust1940
pop1960
vamp1970
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 268 Tho bad the king men shulde areste His body.
a1400 Chester Pl. 182 The Kinge hase commaunded me All suche for to areiste.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 207 Þe kyng..ded his officeres arestin..þe duke of Gloucetir.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 174 He was arestyt syne and tane.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Biiij Some rest men gyltles, and caste them in pryson.
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 40 The Wardens..rested him with a Purciuant.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 201 I Arrest thee of High Treason. View more context for this quotation
1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. Suppl. i. 5 This man..sends an officer..and arrests him for the money.
1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 27 It was deemed advisable to arrest the Holy Maid of Kent.
12. transferred. To seize (property) by legal warrant. (Now only in Scots Law and Admiralty Law.)
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt
withset1445
rest1518
extend1585
arrest1599
extent1664
1599 George a Greene sig. E1v George will arrest his pledge vnto the pound.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 61 His gudes may be arreisted.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 113 Twenty pounds of money, which must be paid..His horses are arrested for it. View more context for this quotation
a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 15 He arrested all the Tinne in South-hampton, and sold it to his owne present use.
1861 H. T. Riley tr. Liber Albus 39 All his goods, lands, and tenements shall be arrested for all expenses.
1869 Law Rep.: Admiralty & Eccl. 2 363 The Roecliff was arrested in a cause of collision.
1881 Maude & Pollock Merch. Ship. (ed. 4) I. 619 In this form of action [in rem] the ship, and, if necessary, the freight, may be arrested.
13. figurative. To take as security.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > take as security
arrest1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 159 We arrest your worde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 134 I do arrest your words. View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise
conjurec1290
to speak for ——a1300
avow1303
adjurea1425
surec1460
arrest1489
gage1489
insure1530
pledge1571
fiance1592
objure1609
sacrament1621
attest1685
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. vii. 246 Two knyghtes had arrested themself for to fight one ayenst that other.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. xxiii Thy beaute therto dyd me sure arest.
15.
a. transitive. To catch and fix (the sight, hearing, attention, mind, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > hold attention, absorb
swallowc1330
deepc1380
dare1547
suspend1561
preoccupy1567
devour1568
to swallow up1581
enwrap1589
invest1601
steep1603
to take up1603
spell1646
possess1653
enchain1658
engross1661
absorb1749
fix1752
rivet1762
fascinate1782
spell-bind1808
arrest1814
mesmerize1862
to turn on1903
get1913
consume1999
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair iii. i. 63 The gleaming turret..And..yon solitary palm..arrest the eye.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xliii. 8 Her mind was evidently arrested by some sudden thought.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 185 Their attention was arrested by the rapid progress of Hasdrubal.
b. To catch and fix the attention of (a person). This passes into 6a, since it may result in a literal stopping of action or motion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)]
exercisea1538
entertainc1540
replenish1548
rouse1583
catcha1586
amuse1586
detainc1595
attract1599
grope1602
concerna1616
take1634
stay1639
engage1642
meet1645
nudge1675
strike1697
hitcha1764
seize1772
interest1780
acuminate1806
arrest1835
grip1891
intrigue1894
grab1966
work1969
1835 W. C. Macready Reminisc. I. 456 [I was] arrested and held by the interest of the story.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 26 Years had overlaid it with another likeness which would have arrested her.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. ii. 29 Language which is altogether tremendous; it arrests us, it astonishes us.
IV. Other uses.
16. To wrest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > forcibly tear off or away
tear1297
aracec1315
arachec1315
ravisha1382
pullc1390
to draw offa1398
roota1398
ripa1400
to pull awayc1410
to rip upc1425
brit1578
arrest1593
to carry away1604
avulsea1765
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church To Rdr. sig. ¶2v Not to suffer the sacred Scriptures to be so violently arrested.
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 317 In great danger of having them arrested out of his hands by Force and Violence.
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