Arrest: alternatives and connections

To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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To lay hold of; to seize.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

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That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

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The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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To take or seize; to take hold of.

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The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a do…

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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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Jet, the mineral.

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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The summit of an eminence.

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

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