- to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention.
- to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress.
- to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer.
- the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- any seizure or taking by force.
- an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay.
- any device for stopping machinery; stop.
- in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime.
- to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority
- to seize (a ship) under lawful authority
- to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)
- to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc)
- to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
- (of a performer) is unrecognized and unsuccessful
- the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority
- the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority
- the state of being held, esp under lawful authority
- the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something
