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Coloq. Aromatic compound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. -- Coloq. Aromatic vinegar . See under .
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Aromatic (ăr�mătĭk), n. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
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Aromatization (�), n. [Cf. F. aromatisation.] The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.
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Aromatize (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aromatized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Aromatizing.] [L. aromatizare, Gr. �: cf. F. aromatiser.] To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume. Bacon.
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Aromatizer (�), n. One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic. Evelyn.
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Aromatous (�), a. Aromatic. [Obs.] Caxton.
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Aroph (�), n. [A contraction of aroma philosophorum.] A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies. [Obs.]
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Arose (�). The past or preterit tense of .
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Around (�), adv. [Pref. a- + round.] 1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
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2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
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3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.]
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☞ See , the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used.
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Around, prep. 1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
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A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
Around his brows. Dryden.
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2. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [Colloq. U. S.]
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around-the-clock adj. 1. 1 proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day. around-the-clock nursing care
Syn. -- day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock, twenty four hours a day.
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Arousal (�), n. The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.
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Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare.
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Arouse (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aroused (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Arousing.] [Pref. a- + rouse.] To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
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Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. Cowper.
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No suspicion was aroused. Merivale.
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aroused adj. 1. emotionally stimulated.
Syn. -- stimulated, stirred, stirred up.
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2. 1 brought to a state of great psychological tension.
Syn. -- wound up.
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3. 1 stimulated to a state of awareness and interest. the aroused opposition
Syn. -- awakened.
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4. sexually aroused; feeling a strong urge for sexual activity.
Syn. -- aflame, hot, turned on(predicate), horny.
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5. excessively affected by emotion; -- of persons.
Syn. -- emotional, excited.
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Arow (�), adv. [Pref. a- + row.] In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order. Shak.
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And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden.
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Aroynt (�), interj. See .
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Arpeggio (�), n. [It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp.] (Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
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{ Arpent (�), Arpen (�), } n. [F. arpent, fr. L. arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum.] Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.
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Arpentator (�), n. [See .] The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor. [R.]
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Arpine (�), n. An arpent. [Obs.] Webster (1623).
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Arquated (�), a. Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved. [R.]
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{ Arquebus, Arquebuse } (?; 277), n. [F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenbüchse a gun with a hook. See .] A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [Written also harquebus.]
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Arquebusade (�), n. [F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.] 1. The shot of an arquebus. Ash.
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2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr.
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Arquebusier (�), n. [F. arquebusier.] A soldier armed with an arquebus.
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Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.
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Arquifoux (�), n. Same as .
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Arrach (�), n. See .
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Arrack (?; 277), n. [Ar. araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. araqa to sweat. Cf. arrack.] A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.
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Arragonite (�), n. See .
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Arraign (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arraigned (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Arraigning.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See .] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone.
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2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
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They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden.
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It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.
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Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See .
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Arraign, n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.
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Arraign (�), v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
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Arraigner (�), n. One who arraigns. Coleridge.
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Arraignment (�), n. [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.] 1. (Law) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
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2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
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In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden.
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Arraiment, Arrayment (�), n. [From , v. t.] Clothes; raiment. [Obs.]
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Arrange (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging (�).] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See , v. t.] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
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So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners.
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[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell.
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A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.
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2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
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Syn. -- Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
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arranged adj. 1. 1 disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. the carefully arranged chessmen; haphazardly arranged interlobular septa; comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace disarranged
Syn. -- ordered
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2. having a schedule and itinerary established prior to departure; -- of travel plans. an arranged tour of Madrid
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3. 1 deliberately arranged for effect. candid
Syn. -- staged
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Arrangement (�), n. [Cf. F. arrangement.] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
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2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnæan arrangement of plants.
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3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.
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4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
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5. (Mus.) (a) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written. (b) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
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Arranger (�), n. One who arranges. Burke.
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arranging n. the act of arranging a piece of music.
Syn. -- arrangement.
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Arrant (�), a. [OE. erraunt, errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See .] Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.
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I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller.
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2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [Obs.]
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An arrant honest woman. Burton.
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Arrantly, adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.
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Arras (�), n. [From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.] Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
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Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper.
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Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.
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Arras, v. t. To furnish with an arras. Chapman.
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Arrasene (�), n. [From .] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
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Arrastre (�), n. [Sp.] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
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Arraswise (�), Arrasways, adv. [Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See .] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans.
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Arraught (�). [The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach. Cf. , obs. pret. raught.] Obtained; seized. Spenser.
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Array (�), n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reiði rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. , , .] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
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Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon.
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2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
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A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.
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3. An imposing series of things.
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Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.
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4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden.
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5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
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Coloq. To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Coloq. Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.
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Array, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrayed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying.] [OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See , n.] 1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
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By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle blade. Campbell.
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These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. Farrar.
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2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
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Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli.�.
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In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. Trumbull.
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3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. Blackstone.
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Coloq. To array a panel , to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins.
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Syn. -- To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.
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Arrayer, n. One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.
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Arrear (�), adv. [OE. arere, OF. arere, ariere, F. arrière, fr. L. ad + retro backward. See .] To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Arrear, n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke.
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For much I dread due payment by the Greeks
Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper.
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I have a large arrear of letters to write. J. D. Forbes.
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Coloq. In arrear or Coloq. In arrears , behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.
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Arrearage (�), n. [F. arrérage, fr. arrière, OF. arere. See .] That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
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The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.
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{ Arrect (�), Arrected, } a. [L. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.] 1. Lifted up; raised; erect.
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2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]
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God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect. Smalridge.
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Arrect, v. t. 1. To direct. [Obs.]
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My supplication to you I arrect. Skelton.
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2. [See .] To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
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Arrectary (�), n. [L. arrectarius, fr. arrigere o set up.] An upright beam. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Arrenotokous (�), a. [Gr. � bearing males; � a male + � a bringing forth.] (Zoöl.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.
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Arrentation (�). [Cf. F. arrenter to give or take as rent. See .] (O. Eng. Law) A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.
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Arreption (�), n. [L. arripere, arreptum, to seize, snatch; ad + rapere to snatch. See .] The act of taking away. [Obs.] “This arreption was sudden.” Bp. Hall.
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Arreptitious (�), a. [L. arreptitius.] Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [Obs.]
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Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. Howell.
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Arrest (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrested; p. pr. & vb. n. Arresting.] [OE. aresten, OF. arester, F. arrêter, fr. LL. arrestare; L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand. See remainder.] 1. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
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Nor could her virtues the relentless hand
Of Death arrest. Philips.
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2. (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
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☞ After this word Shakespeare uses of (“I arrest thee of high treason”) or on; the modern usage is for.
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3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention. Buckminster.
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4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.]
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We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies. Jer. Taylor.
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Syn. -- To obstruct; delay; detain; check; hinder; stop; apprehend; seize; lay hold of.
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Arrest, v. i. To tarry; to rest. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Arrest, n. [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrêt, fr. arester. See , v. t., .] 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
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As the arrest of the air showeth. Bacon.
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2. (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
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William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay.
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[Our brother Norway] sends out arrests
On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.
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☞ An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body; but it is sufficient in the party be within the power of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty law, and in old English practice, the term is applied to the seizure of property.
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3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
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The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit. Jer. Taylor.
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4. (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails. White.
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Coloq. Arrest of judgment (Law), the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.
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Arrestation (�), n. [F. arrestation, LL. arrestatio.] Arrest. [R.]
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The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.
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Arrestee (�), n. [See , v.] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
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Arrester (�), n. 1. One who arrests.
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2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [Also written arrestor.]
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