different between arrest vs harness
arrest
English
Etymology
From Old French arester (“to stay, stop”), from Vulgar Latin *arrest?, from Latin ad- (“to”) + rest? (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + st? (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- +? rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????st/
- Hyphenation: ar?rest
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
arrest (countable and uncountable, plural arrests)
- 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.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
Derived terms
- arrest warrant
- cardiac arrest
- house arrest
Translations
Verb
arrest (third-person singular simple present arrests, present participle arresting, simple past and past participle arrested)
- (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal). [14th-19th c.]
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 86:
- Mr. Van Rensberg broke the spell by arresting Martha as she trailed past him on Billy's arm, by pointing his pipestem at her and saying, ‘Hey, Matty, come here a minute.’
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 86:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain. [14th-16th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
- The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
- (transitive) To catch the attention of. [from 19th c.]
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- 2004, Euan A. Ashley, Josef Niebauer, Cardiology Explained (page 66)
- Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested.
- 2004, Euan A. Ashley, Josef Niebauer, Cardiology Explained (page 66)
Synonyms
- (to stop the motion of): freeze, halt; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
- (to stay):
- (to stop or slow a process): cease, discontinue; See also Thesaurus:desist
- (to seize someone): apprehend, seize; See also Thesaurus:capture
- (to catch the attention of): attract, dazzle, engage, entice; See also Thesaurus:allure
Derived terms
- arrester, arrestor
- arrestment
- arresting
- arrestive
Related terms
- arrestation
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Arters, arrêts, rarest, raster, raters, retars, starer, starre, tarres, terras
Catalan
Noun
arrest m (plural arrests or arrestos)
- arrest
Derived terms
- ordre d'arrest
Danish
Etymology
Via German Arrest from Middle French arrest (“arrest”) (French arrêt), derived from the verb arrester (“to hold back, arrest”) (arrêter), borrowed to Danish arrestere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a??asd?], [a???sd?]
Noun
arrest c (singular definite arresten, plural indefinite arrester)
- arrest (the process of holding back a suspect)
- confinement, detention (a short-time prison)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch arrest, from Old French arest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r?st/
- Hyphenation: ar?rest
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
arrest n (plural arresten, diminutive arrestje n)
- (law) sentence passed by a higher court
- (law) confiscation ordered by a legal ruling
- (law, historical) detention, confinement, especially after being arrested
Derived terms
- huisarrest
- kamerarrest
- stadsarrest
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: ares
Anagrams
- raster, terras
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old French arester
Noun
arrest m (definite singular arresten, indefinite plural arrester, definite plural arrestene)
- arrest, custody, detention
Derived terms
- husarrest
- politiarrest
Related terms
- arrestasjon
- arrestere
References
- “arrest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old French arester
Noun
arrest m (definite singular arresten, indefinite plural arrestar, definite plural arrestane)
- arrest, custody, detention
Derived terms
- husarrest
- politiarrest
Related terms
- arrestasjon
- arrestere
References
- “arrest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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harness
English
Etymology
From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from Old Norse heer (“army”) + nest (“provisions”). More at harry.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h??(?).n?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?s
Noun
harness (countable and uncountable, plural harnesses)
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
- (dated, uncountable) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.
- 1606 William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act V, scene V
- Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack!
- At least we'll die with harness on our back.
- 1606 William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act V, scene V
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
Alternative forms
- harnass (rare, archaic)
Derived terms
- harnessed antelope
- harnessed moth
- test harness
Translations
Verb
harness (third-person singular simple present harnesses, present participle harnessing, simple past and past participle harnessed)
- (transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
- (transitive) To capture, control or put to use.
- (transitive) To equip with armour.
Translations
See also
- harness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Harness in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Shaners
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