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arrest

ar·rest

/əˈɹɛst/[əˈɹʷɛst]

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableA check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
  2. countableuncountableThe condition of being stopped, standstill.

    cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest

  3. countableuncountablelawThe process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

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

In a sentence

cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-“to stand”
  2. Latinad-“to”
  3. Vulgar Latin*arrestō
  4. Old Frenchareste
  5. Middle Englisharest
  6. Englisharrest

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”).

First known use: 14th–19th c.

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