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Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime..

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached..

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

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..

Sparker :: Sparker (n.) A spark arrester.

Pause :: Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses..

Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

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.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.

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

Arresting :: Arresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arres.

Protection :: Protection (n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..

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.)..

Point :: Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc..

Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.

Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone..

Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..

Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..

Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

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