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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrester
Ar-rest′er
,Noun.
1.
One who arrests.
2.
(Scots Law)
The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.
[Also written
arrestor
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Arrester
ARREST'ER
,Definition 2024
arrester
arrester
English
Alternative forms
Noun
arrester (plural arresters)
- One who places under arrest.
- A device that stops or prevents, as a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Old French, from Latin arresto.
Verb
arrester
- (transitive) to stop
- (reflexive, s'arrester) to stop (stop oneself; halt oneself)
- circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
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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
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et la je m'arrestay pour attendre compaignie qui alast ou pays de Berne ou le dit conte se tenoit
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of arrester
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | arrester | avoir arresté | |||||
| gerund | en arrestant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | arrestant | ||||||
| past participle | arresté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | arreste | arrestes | arreste | arrestons | arrestez | arrestent |
| imperfect | arrestois, arrestoys | arrestois, arrestoys | arrestoit, arrestoyt | arrestions, arrestyons | arrestiez, arrestyez | arrestoient, arrestoyent | |
| past historic | arresta | arrestas | arresta | arrestasmes | arrestastes | arresterent | |
| future | arresterai, arresteray | arresteras | arrestera | arresterons | arresterez | arresteront | |
| conditional | arresterois, arresteroys | arresterois, arresteroys | arresteroit, arresteroyt | arresterions, arresteryons | arresteriez, arresteryez | arresteroient, arresteroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | arreste | arrestes | arreste | arrestons | arrestez | arrestent |
| imperfect | arrestasse | arrestasses | arrestast | arrestassions | arrestassiez | arrestassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | arreste | — | arrestons | arrestez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: arrêter
Old French
Verb
arrester
- 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.
Conjugation of arrester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | arrester | avoir arresté | |||||
| gerund | en arrestant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | arrestant | ||||||
| past participle | arresté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | arrest | arrestes | arreste | arrestons | arrestez | arrestent |
| imperfect | arrestoie, arresteie, arrestoe, arresteve | arrestoies, arresteies, arrestoes, arresteves | arrestoit, arresteit, arrestot, arresteve | arrestiiens, arrestiens | arrestiiez, arrestiez | arrestoient, arresteient, arrestoent, arrestevent | |
| preterite | arrestai | arrestas | arresta | arrestames | arrestastes | arresterent | |
| future | arresterai | arresteras | arrestera | arresterons | arresteroiz, arrestereiz, arresterez | arresteront | |
| conditional | arresteroie, arrestereie | arresteroies, arrestereies | arresteroit, arrestereit | arresteriiens, arresteriens | arresteriiez, arresteriez | arresteroient, arrestereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | arrest | arrez | arrest | arrestons | arrestez | arrestent |
| imperfect | arrestasse | arrestasses | arrestast | arrestissons, arrestissiens | arrestissoiz, arrestissez, arrestissiez | arrestassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | arreste | — | arrestons | arrestez | — | ||
- An alternative but rare past participle arrestu exists.