arrest

Definition

A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.

Etymology

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”).

Example Sentences

• "cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest"
• "State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city."
• "The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit."