Main Entry: ¹ar·rest

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈrest\

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English aresten, from Anglo-French arester to stop, arrest, from Vulgar Latin *arrestare, from Latin ad- + restare to remain — more at rest

Date: 14th century

1 a : to bring to a stop <sickness arrested his activities> b : check, slow c : to make inactive <an arrested tumor>
2 : seize, capture; specifically : to take or keep in custody by authority of law
3 : to catch suddenly and engagingly <arrest attention>

— ar·rest·er also ar·res·tor \-ˈres-tər\ noun

— ar·rest·ment \-ˈres(t)-mənt\ noun