arrest

arrest is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips.

[2] To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

[3] To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention. Buckminster.

[4] To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.] We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies. Jer. Taylor.

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