arrester

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

arrest + -er.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

arrester (plural arresters)

  1. One who places another under arrest.
  2. A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.

Anagrams


Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Latin arresto.

Verb

arrester

  1. (transitive) to stop
  2. (reflexive, s'arrester) to stop (stop oneself; halt oneself)
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      et la je m'arrestay pour attendre compaignie qui alast ou pays de Berne ou le dit conte se tenoit
      And there I stayed to wait for the company that was going to Berne where the aforementioned count was

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

arrester m

  1. indefinite plural of arrest

Verb

arrester

  1. imperative of arrestere

Old French

Verb

arrester

  1. Alternative form of arester

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

  • An alternative but rare past participle arrestu exists.
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