arrested

Verb

arrest (third-person singular simple present arrests, present participle arresting, simple past and past participle arrested)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).
   • An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule,
     And death arreſts the organe of my voyce.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   freeze

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay, remain.
   • A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry.1538, John Leland, Itineraries
3. (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
   • To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 707

   Synonyms:

   cease

4. (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
   • The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.

   Synonyms:

   apprehend

5. (transitive) To catch the attention of.
   • There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

   Synonyms:

   attract

6. (intransitive) To undergo cardiac arrest.
   • Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested.2004, Euan A. Ashley, Josef Niebauer, Cardiology Explained, page 66

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