arrest

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of apprehending, especially apprehending a criminal

   The police officer chased the suspect for ten blocks before finally making the arrest.

2. 2
   noun

   the state of inactivity following an interruption

   the negotiations were in arrest

3. 3
   verb

   to hold back, as of a danger or an enemy

   The troops arrested the enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

4. 4
   verb

   to take into custody

   The police arrested the criminal.

5. 5
   verb

   to cause to stop

   The nails in the path arrested our progress.

6. 6
   noun

   The condition of being stopped, standstill.

   cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest

7. 7
   noun

   The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

   State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.

8. 8
   noun

   Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

   The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.

Etymology

From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).