Helen Fenton

Arrest: Definition and part of speech

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Arrest

  1. v. t. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; — also named rat-tails.
  2. v. t. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
  3. v. t. To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
  4. v. t. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
  5. v. t. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
  6. v. i. To tarry; to rest.
  7. v. t. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
  8. v. t. The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
  9. v. t. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Arrestment: Definition and part of speech

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Arrestment

  1. n. A stoppage or check.
  2. n. The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.