ar·rest·ing
(ə-rĕśtĭng)
adjective
- Attracting and holding the attention; striking. See synonyms at noticeable
derivatives
- ar·rest́ing·ly
- adverb
ar·rest
(ə-rĕst́)
[Middle English aresten, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin* arrestāre, Latin ad-, ad-, + Latin restāre, to stand still (re-, re-) (stāre, to stand; see stā-).]
verb: -rest·ed, -rest·ing, -rests.
transitive verb
- To stop; check: a brake that automatically arrests motion; arrested the growth of the tumor.
- To seize and hold under the authority of law.
- To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.
intransitive verb
- To undergo cardiac arrest: The patient arrested en route to the hospital.
noun
- The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect.
- The state of being so detained: a criminal under arrest.
- A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.
- The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.
derivatives
- ar·rest́a·ble
- adjective
- ar·rest́er
- noun
- ar·rest́ment
- noun
