Definition of arrest

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Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..

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Dashy :: Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Tourniquet :: Tourniquet (n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested..
Lockup :: Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Recaption :: Recaption (n.) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed..
Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To arrest.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..
Arrestive :: Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..
Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..
Stop :: Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..
Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..
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..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
Unattached :: Unattached (a.) Not taken or arrested.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Privilege :: Privilege (v. t.) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest..
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