to stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.-to take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.-to seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.-to rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.-to tarry; to rest.-the act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.-the taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.-any seizure by power, physical or moral.-a scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.