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Definition of arrest
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Arrest
(v. t.) The act of
stopping,
or
restraining
from
further
motion,
etc.;
stoppage;
hindrance;
restraint;
as, an
arrest
of
development..
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Arrestment
::
Arrestment
(n.) A
stoppage
or
check.
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..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) The act of
stopping,
or
restraining
from
further
motion,
etc.;
stoppage;
hindrance;
restraint;
as, an
arrest
of
development..
Thirst
::
Thirst
(n.) A
sensation
of
dryness
in the
throat
associated
with a
craving
for
liquids,
produced
by
deprivation
of
drink,
or by some other cause (as fear,
excitement,
etc.) which
arrests
the
secretion
of the
pharyngeal
mucous
membrane;
hence,
the
condition
producing
this
sensation..
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..
Suppressible
::
Suppress
(v. t.) To stop; to
restrain;
to
arrest
the
discharges
of; as, to
suppress
a
diarrhea,
or a
hemorrhage..
Halt
::
Halt (n.) A stop in
marching
or
walking,
or in any
action;
arrest
of
progress..
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.
Strangulated
::
Strangulated
(a.)
Having
the
circulation
stopped
by
compression;
attended
with
arrest
or
obstruction
of
circulation,
caused
by
constriction
or
compression;
as, a
strangulated
hernia..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) To rest or
fasten;
to fix; to
concentrate.
Apprehension
::
Apprehension
(n.) The act of
seizing
or
taking
by legal
process;
arrest;
as, the
felon,
after his
apprehension,
escaped..
Obstruction
::
Obstruction
(n.) The
condition
of
having
the
natural
powers
obstructed
in their usual
course;
the
arrest
of the vital
functions;
death.
Dashy
::
Dashy (a.)
Calculated
to
arrest
attention;
ostentatiously
fashionable;
showy.
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..
Lockup
::
Lockup
(n.) A place where
persons
under
arrest
are
temporarily
locked
up; a
watchhouse.
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) The
taking
or
apprehending
of a
person
by
authority
of law; legal
restraint;
custody.
Also, a
decree,
mandate,
or
warrant..
Sergeant
::
Sergeant
(n.)
Formerly,
in
England,
an
officer
nearly
answering
to the more
modern
bailiff
of the
hundred;
also, an
officer
whose duty was to
attend
on the king, and on the lord high
steward
in
court,
to
arrest
traitors
and other
offenders.
He is now
called
sergeant-at-arms,
and two of these
officers,
by
allowance
of the
sovereign,
attend
on the
houses
of
Parliament
(one for each
house)
to
execute
their
commands,
and
another
attends
the Court
Chancery..
Arrestive
::
Arrestive
(a.)
Tending
to
arrest.
Unattached
::
Unattached
(a.) Not taken or
arrested.
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..
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