Arrest, vb. (cf. 'rest) 1) to seize, to apprehend a person by virtue of the law: Meas. I, 2, 60. Err. IV, 1, 69. Err. IV, 1, 69 Err. IV, 1, 69 IV, 2, 43. IV, 2, 43 IV, 4, 85. V, 230. Tw. III, 4, 360. H4B II, 1, 9. H4B II, 1, 9 H5 II, 2, 143. H6B III, 1, 136. V, 1, 136. H8 IV, 2, 13. The cause of the seizure sometimes expressed by the prep. on: “he --s him on it,” Meas. I, 4, 66; “--ed on a band,” Err. IV, 2, 49; “I a. thee on capital treason,” Lr. V, 3, 82; more frequently by of: “of capital treason we a. you,” R2 IV, 151. H4B IV, 2, 107. H5 II, 2, 145. H6B III, 1, 97. V, 1, 106. H8 I, 1, 201.
2) to seize a thing for debt: “his horses are --ed for it,” Wiv. V, 5, 119.
3) I arrest your word == I take you at your word: Meas. II, 4, 134. LLL II, 160.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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