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Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..

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

Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To arrest.

Stopped :: Stoppage (n.) The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce..

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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..

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..

Arrested :: Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arres.

Unattached :: Unattached (a.) Not taken or arrested.

Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Arrestee :: Arrestee (v.) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Arrestation :: Arrestation (n.) Arrest.

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..

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

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..

Arrester :: Arrester (n.) One who arrests.

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..

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

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