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preoccupy
English
Etymology
From pre- +? occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo, praeoccupare. Doublet of preoccupate, now obsolete.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p????kjupa?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p?i??kjupa?/
Verb
preoccupy (third-person singular simple present preoccupies, present participle preoccupying, simple past and past participle preoccupied)
- (transitive) To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To occupy or take possession of beforehand. [16th–19th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 91:
- Terrified at this uproar, […] she ran for shelter into the place which was pre-occupied by the other lady […] .
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 91:
Related terms
- preoccupation
Translations
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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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