Definition of arrest

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Arrest (v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

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Atrophied :: Atrophied (p. a.) Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary..
Arrested :: Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arres.
Hysterogenic :: Hysterogenic (a.) Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria..
Arrestive :: Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..
Arrestation :: Arrestation (n.) Arrest.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.
Capias :: Capias (n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias..
Obstruction :: Obstruction (n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
Unattached :: Unattached (a.) Not taken or arrested.
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Arresting :: Arresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arres.
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed..
Tampon :: Tampon (n.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine..
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To arrest.
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