arrest

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Synonyms: arret, arrect, abrest, arnest, armrest, arest, arres

Antonyms: arret, arrect, abrest, arnest, armrest, arest, arres

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Noun

1. A [[check]]; a [[stop]]; an act or instance of [[arresting]] something.
2. The condition of being [[stop]]ped, [[standstill]].
3. {{lb|en|legal}} The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
4. A [[confinement]], [[detention]], as after an arrest.
5. A device to physically arrest [[motion]].
6. {{lb|en|nautical}} The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
8. {{lb|en|farriery}} A [[scurfy|scurfiness]] of the back part of the hind leg of a horse<ref>'''1817''', James White, ''A Compendious Dictionary of the Veterinary Art''.</ref>

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[stop]] the motion of (a person, animal, or body part). {{defdate|14th|19th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To [[stay]], [[remain]]. {{defdate|14th|16th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[stop]] or slow (a process, course etc.). {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[seize]] (someone) with the authority of the [[law]]; to take into [[legal]] [[custody]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[catch]] the attention of. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|medicine}} To undergo [[cardiac arrest]].

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