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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
Arrest.
of Arrest
The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.
One who arrests.
Striking; attracting attention; impressive.
of Arrest
Tending to arrest.
A stoppage or check.
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.
Same as Aret.
An arrest; a legal seizure.
A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.
Seamless.
Alt. of Arrhizous
Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.
Alt. of Arrhythmous
Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.
Want of rhythm.