v.
- seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody.
▸seize and detain (a ship) by legal authority.
- stop or check (progress or a process).
▸suffer a heart attack:
they were trying to resuscitate a patient who had arrested.
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[usu. as adj. arresting]
attract the attention of:
an arresting shade of blue.
n.
- the action of arresting.
- a sudden cessation of motion:
a cardiac arrest.
Phrase
- arrest of judgement
Law the suspension of proceedings in a criminal trial between the verdict and the sentence on the grounds of a material irregularity in the course of the trial.
Derivative
- arrestee n. (chiefly N. Amer.).
- arrestingly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. arester, based on L. ad- ‘at, to’ + restare ‘remain, stop’.