arrestment verb
ar·rest
The verb form of arrestment is arrest
A aDefinitions
- verb with object arrestment to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 1
- verb with object arrestment to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 1
- verb with object arrestment to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 1
- verb with object arrestment Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. 1