Tending to stop or slow a process. / (dated) Tending to capture people’s attention.

(dated) In an arrestive manner.

(dated) The quality of being arrestive.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrest

plural of arrest

simple past tense and past participle of arrest

Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely. / Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.

A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. / The condition of being stopped, standstill. / (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

(obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part). / (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain. / (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

striking, gripping