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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•rest /əˈrɛst/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Lawto seize (a person) by legal authority:The police arrested the burglar.
- to catch and hold;
attract: A loud noise arrested our attention. - to stop (something) or to cause (something) to slow down: The new drug seemed to arrest the progress of the disease.
n. [countable] - Lawthe taking of a person into legal custody (as by the police):made an arrest.
- an act of stopping or the state of being stopped:cardiac arrest.
Idioms- Law, Idioms under arrest, in custody of the police.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•rest (ə rest′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant;
take into custody:The police arrested the burglar. - to catch and hold;
attract and fix;
engage:The loud noise arrested our attention. - to check the course of;
stop;
slow down:to arrest progress. - [Med.]to control or stop the active progress of (a disease):The new drug did not arrest the cancer.
n. - the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- any seizure or taking by force.
- an act of stopping or the state of being stopped:the arrest of tooth decay.
- [Mach.]any device for stopping machinery;
stop. - under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities:They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime.
- Anglo-French, Old French, noun, nominal derivative of verb, verbal
- Vulgar Latin *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest2); (noun, nominal) Middle English arest(e)
- Anglo-French, Middle French arester,
- (verb, verbal) Middle English aresten 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged apprehend.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged secure, rivet, occupy.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stay. See stop.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged detention, apprehension, imprisonment.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stoppage, halt, stay, check.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: arrest /əˈrɛst/ vb (transitive)- to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority
- to seize (a ship) under lawful authority
- to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)
- to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc)
n - the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority
- the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority
- the state of being held, esp under lawful authority: under arrest
- Also called: arrestation /ˌærɛsˈteɪʃən/ the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something: a cardiac arrest
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arrestāre (unattested), from Latin ad at, to + restāre to stand firm, stop |