arrect 
arrect, arrected (a-rekf, a-rek'ted), . [< L. 
arrcctus: see the verb.] If. Erect; erected. 
2f. Attentive, as a person listening. 
Kaner for the event, 
Around the beldame all arrect they hang. 
Akeiutiile, Pleasures of Imagination, 1. 289. 
3. In l>ot., pointing upward; brought into an 
upright position. .1. (Inn/. 
arrectaryt (a-rek'ta-ri), M. [< L. arrechiriiis, 
perpendicular, neut. pi. arrecttiria, the upright 
posts of a wall, < nrrrrtus, erect: see urn-i-i.} 
A beam or post standing upright, as opposed 
to one which is horizontal. 
The arm-fan/ or U-ani of his cross. 
Up. Hall, Works, II. 278. 
arrector (a-rek'tor), n. [NL., < L. arrigere, pp. 
itrrectus, set up erect : we arrect, r.] Thatwhich 
arrects; an erector. Arrector pill, in mint., tlie 
erector of the hair, iitmmll -strip of unstriateti muscle run- 
ning from tin- lowrr part of the hair-follicle towanl the 
surface of the skin, ami by contraction, under the influence 
of fright or cold, causing the hair to stand straight up or 
"on end," at the same time so raising the surface just 
around the oriiice as to occasion goose-flesh or horripila- 
tion. 
arreedt, t. See aread. 
arrel (ar'el), . [Sn., also arrelde (> Basque 
arraldea, a weight ot 10 pounds); Sp. arrate, 
Pg. arratcl, a weiglit of 16 ounces (see arratel) ; 
< AT. al, the, + rail, a weight of 12 ounces.] A 
weight of 4 pounds, used in Spain. 
Arremon, . See Arrhemon. 
arrendation (ar-en-da'shon), w. Same as ar- 
reiitation. 
arrendator (ar'eu-da-tqr), . [Also arendator, 
< Kuss. arendatoru, < ML. arrendator, arendator, 
a farmer of the revenue, < arrendare, arendare, 
arrentare, let for a rent, farm the revenue: see 
arrent.] One who farms the revenues in certain 
Russian governments. 
arrenotokous, a. See arrhenotokous. 
arrent (a-renf), r. t. [< OF. arrenter, arentir 
(ML. arrentare, arrendare, arendare), < a (L. ad. 
to) + ren te, rent : see arrendator and rent.] To 
let for a rent; especially, in old Eng. law, to 
let out for inclosure, as land in a forest. See 
arrentation. 
arrentation (ar-en-ta'shon), n. [Also arren- 
dation, < ML. arrentatio(n-), arrendatio, < arren- 
tare, arrendare : see arrent.'] In old Eng. law, 
the action or privilege of arrenting; the giving 
of permission by the lord of the manor to the 
tenant of land in a forest to inclose it with a 
small ditch and low hedge, in consideration of 
a yearly rent. Also written arrendation. 
arf eptibnt (a-rep'shon), n. [< L. arreptus, pp. 
of ampere, snatch, seize to one's self, < ad, to, 
+ rapere, snatch, seize : see rapacious, rapture.] 
The act of taking away. 
This arreption was sudden, yet Elisha sees both the 
chariot and the horses, and the ascent. 
Bp. Hall, Rapture of Elijah. 
arreptitious 1 t (ar-ep-tish'us), a. [< LL. arrepti- 
cius, arreptitius, seized in mind, inspired, deliri- 
ous, < L. arreptus, pp. of arripere, snatch, seize: 
see arreption.] Snatched away ; hence, seized 
or possessed ; frantic ; crack-brained ; mad. 
Odd, arreptitunis, frantick extravagances. 
Kowell, Letters (1860), I. 475. 
arreptitious 2 t (ar-ep-tish'us), a. [As if < L. 
arreptus, pp. of arrepere, creep toward, steal 
softly to (< ad, to, + repere, creep: see reptile), 
+ -itious; but appar. a mistaken def. of pre- 
ceding.] Creeping or having crept in privily. 
Blount; Bailey. 
arrest 1 (a-resf), v. t. [< ME. aresten, arresten 
(also by apheresis resten, > mod. dial, rest), < 
OF. arester, F. arreter = Pr. Sp. Pg. arrestar = 
It. arrestare, < ML. arrestare, stop, restrain, < L. 
ad, to, + restore, stay back : see rest 2 .] 1. To 
stop forcibly ; check or hinder the motion or ac- 
tion of : as, to arrest the current of a river ; to 
arrest the course of justice. 
Ascribing the causes of things to secret proprieties hath 
arrested and laid asleep all true inquiry. Bacon. 
With the progress of adaptation each (human being] be- 
comes so constituted that he cannot be helped without in 
some way arresting a pleasurable activity. 
//. Spencer, Data of Ethics, 96. 
2. To take, seize, or apprehend by virtue of a 
legal warrant or official authority; take into 
custody: as, to arrest one for a crime or misde- 
meanor. [Shakspere most commonly construes 
this verb with of, like accuse: as, "of capital 
treason we arrest you here," Eich. n., iv. 1.] 
According to law no Englishman could be arrested and 
detained in confinement merely by the mandate of the 
sovereign. Macaulay. 
3. To seize and fix; engage; secure; catch; 
take : as, to orresf the eyes or the attention. 
319 
King. If you prove it, I'll repay it back, 
Or yield up Aquitain. 
I'rin. We arrest your word. 
Shot., I.. I.. L., il. 1. 
The appearance of such a person in the world, and at 
such a period, ought to arrest the consideration of cw-r> 
thinking mind. /.'. < .. 
4f. To rest or fix. 
We may arm! our thoughts UIHJII the divine merclei. 
Jer. '/'"//"<. 
5. In ficots and admiralty laic, to seize (prop- 
erty) for debt or the satisfaction of a claim ; 
attach or levy upon. =Syn. 1. To stay, interrupt, 
delay, detain. X To capture, lay hold of, take up, take 
[H i^i'MiT. 
arrest 1 (a-resf), . [< ME. arest, < OF. arest, 
stoppage, delay, restraint ; from the verb : see 
arrest*, v.] 1. The act of stopping, or the state 
of being stopped ; suspension of movement or 
action: as, an arrest of the vital functions; 
"the stop and arrest of the air," Bacon. 2f. 
Self-restraint ; self-command. 
In noble corage oughte ben areste, 
And weyen everything by equytee. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 396. 
3. Any seizure or taking by force, physical 
or moral ; hindrance ; interruption ; stoppage ; 
restraint. 
To the rich man who had promised himself ease for 
many years, it was a sad arrest that his soul was surprised 
the arst night. Jer. Taylor. 
I could . . . mingle my teares with you, . . . but when 
I consider the necessity of submitting to the divine arests, 
I am ready to dry them againe, and be silent. 
Evelyn, To his Brother, O. Evelyn. 
4. In much., any contrivance which stops or re- 
tards motion. 
The arrest consists of a fly vane, or escapement with 
wings, mounted on one of the arbors of the clock-work 
acting on the wheel. Sci. Amer. Supp., XXII. 8974. 
5. In law, the taking of a person into custody 
of the law, usually by virtue of a warrant from 
authority. An arrest is made by seizing or touching the 
body or otherwise taking possession of it. By the law of 
some jurisdictions, arrest is allowed in civil eases for the 
purpose of enforcing the payment of debts or preventing 
a defendant from eluding an obligation. In criminal or 
penal cases arrest is made for the purpose of compelling 
the person charged with a crime or an offense to appear 
and submit to justice. In civil cases it cannot be legally 
effected except by virtue of a precept or writ issued out 
of some court, but this is oftn dispensed with in criminal 
cases. Arrest in civil cases is of two kinds, viz:. , that which 
takes place before trial, and is called arrest on iriesne pro- 
cess, and that which takes place after trial and judgment, 
and is called arrext on final process, or arrest in execution. 
6. In admiralty law, the taking of a ship into 
custody by virtue of a warrant from a court. 
7. In Scots law, attachment; seizure of prop- 
erty, funds, etc., by legal process, as for debt or 
the satisfaction of a claim Arrest of judgment, 
in (aw, the staying or stopping of a judgment after verdict, 
for causes assigned. Courts have at common law power 
to arrest judgment for intrinsic causes appearing upon 
the face of the record, as when the declaration varies from 
the original writ, when the verdict differs materially from 
the pleadings, or when the case laid in the declaration is 
not sufficient in point of law to found an action upon. The 
motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrettt of judg- 
ment. Modern practice largely supersedes these motions 
by requiring such defects to be objected to before judg- 
ment. Breach of arrest. See breach. 
arrest 2 (a-resf), n. [< OF. arreste, areste, mod. 
F. artitfj awn, beard, fishbone, arrest, < L. ari- 
sta : see arista and arm.] A mangy tumor on 
the back part of the hind leg of a horse. Also 
called rat-tail. 
arrestable (a-res'ta-bl), a. [< arrest* + -able.] 
1. Liable to be arrested or apprehended. 2. 
In Scots law, attachable ; subject to seizure at 
the suit of a creditor of the owner, by a process 
in the nature of attachment or garnishment: 
applied to property, funds, etc. 
Burgh customs still stand in the peculiar position of 
being neither adjudgeable nor arrestable; they are there- 
fore bad security. Eneyc. Brit., IV. 63. 
arrestation (ar-es-ta'shon), . [= F. arresta- 
tion, < ML. arrestatio(n-), < arrestare, arrest: 
see arrest 1 , v.] The act of arresting ; an arrest 
or seizure. [Bare.] 
The arrestation of the English residing in France was 
decreed by the National Convention. 
11. HI. William*, Letters on France, I. i. 
arrestee (a-rest-e'), n. [< arrest + -ee 1 .] In 
Scots law, the person in wnose hands an arrest- 
in. 'Hi is laid. 
arrester, arrester (a-res'ter, -tor), w. [ME. 
arester ; < arrest* + -er*, -or. Cf . ML. arrestator.] 
1. One who or that which arrests. 2. In Scots 
liur, the person at whose instance an arrest is 
made. See arrest, n., 1. [Arrestw is the form 
usual in legal documents.] 
arrestive (a-res'tiv), a. [= OF. arrestif; < ar- 
rest* + -ice"] 1. Serving or tending to arrest. 
2. In gram., marking an arrest, restriction, 
arrhizous 
or qualification of thought : applied to conjunc- 
tions like but, yet, hoin-n-r, etc. ]inin, Eng. 
Grammar. 
arrestment (a-rest'meut), w. [< OF. areste- 
iniiil, < arester, arrest: see arrest 1 , :., and 
-mrnt.] 1. The act of arresting or stopping; 
obstruction ; stoppage. 
The ilrst effect is .//v ../,,,,/ of the functions of tin- 
spinal cord. Sir ;(. Cliri*ti'.*ti. I'm Mint, I. |. ( jj. 
The fall of man would produce an ftrr>'*tun-nr in the 
progress of the earth in that last great revolution which 
would have converted it into an K<l' u. 
li,i, ,.,,,!, (Prigin of World, p. 239. 
2. In Scots law : (a) A process by which a 
creditor may attach money or movable proper- 
ty which a third person holds for behoof of his 
debtor. It bears a general resemblance to 
foreign attachment by the custom of London. 
See attachment, (b) The arrest or detention of 
criminal till he finds caution or surety to stand 
trial, or the securing of a debtor until he pays 
the debt or gives security for its payment. 
Breach of arrestment. See breach. 
arrestor, . See arrester. 
arretH, *. t. See aret. 
arrest (a-ra' or a-ret'), n. [< F. arret, < OF. 
arest, arrest : see arrest*, n.] The decision of a 
court, tribunal, or council ; . a decree published ; 
the edict of a sovereign prince : applied to the 
judgments and decisions of courts and tribu- 
nals in France. 
arrha (ar'a), n. ; pi. arrha; (-e). [L., also ar- 
rftabo, and later arra, arrabo, < Or. a/>/>a[)ui>, 
earnest-money. Cf. ar/es.] Earnest-money 
paid to bind a bargain or contract; a pledge. 
Formerly also spelled arra. 
arrhal (ar'al), a. [< arrha + -at.] Of the na- 
ture of earnest-money ; given as a pledge. 
arrhaphostic (ar-a-fos'tik), a. [Badly formed 
< Gr. ippo^of, seamless, < a- priv. + IrnQfi, a 
seam, < fMirreiv, sew.] Seamless. Clarke. Also 
written araphostic, araphorostic. [Rare.] 
Arrhemon (a-re'mon), . [NL., < Gr. appf/puv, 
without speech, silent, < o- priv. + p^/ua, a 
word, < peiv, speak.] A genus of Central and 
South American oscine passerine birds, of the 
family Tanagrida, including a group of several 
species of tanagers with stout bills, like A. 
silens, the type. Also Arremon, Buarremon. 
Arrhemoninae (a-re-mo-ni'ne), n. pi. [NL.. < 
Arrhemon + -ina:.] A group of tanagrine birds, 
named by Lafresnaye from the genus Arrhe- 
mon. 
arrhenotokous (ar-e-not'o-kus), a. [Better 
*arrhenotocous, < Gr. appcvor6nof, bearing male 
children, < appr/v (appevo-), male, + TIKTCIV, re- 
Keiv, bear.] Producing males only: applied 
by Leuckart and Von Siebold to those parthe- 
nogenetic female insects which produce male 
progeny: opposed to thelytokous. Also spelled 
arrenotokous. 
The terms arrenotokous and thelytokous have len pro- 
posed by Leuckart and Von Siebold to denote those par- 
thenogenetic females which produce male and female 
young respectively. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 384. 
arrhenotoky (ar-e-not'o-ki), n. [As arrhenoto- 
kous + -y.] The producing of males only: a 
form of parthenogenesis. See arrhenotokous. 
arrhephore (ar'e-for), n. [< Gr. 'Appi70opof, com- 
monly in pi., 'Appy<t>6pot (see def.); of uncertain 
origin.] One of four young girls of noble birth 
who were chosen annually in ancient Athens to 
dwell on the Acropolis and attend the priestess 
of Athena Polias. They played a ceremonial part in 
the festival of the Arrhephoria, on the night before which 
they bore baskets or vases of unknown contents from the 
Acropolis to an underground sanctuary near the peribolos 
of Aphrodite in the Gardens. 
Arrhephoria (ar-e-f 6'ri-a), n. pi. [Gr. 'Apfw^opm : 
see arrhephore.] An ancient Athenian festival 
celebrated in the month of Skirophorion (June). 
It was connected with the Panathenaiq festival, and was 
the occasion of the ceremonial induction into their annual 
office, with a splendid procession to the Acropolis, of the 
four young priestesses of Athena called arrepliores. 
arrhinencephalia (ar-in-en-se-fa'li-ii), n. [NL., 
< Gr. apptr (appiv-), without power of scenting 
(< a- priv. + pic, piv, nose), + eyicfQal.of, the 
brain : see encephalon.] In teratol., congenital 
absence of one or (usually) both sides of the 
olfactory lobe (rhinencephalon), accompanied 
with more or less dwarfing or absence of adja- 
cent structures. Also spelled arJiinencephalia. 
arrhizal (a-ri'zal), a. [As arrhizous + -al.] 
Same as arrhizous. 
arrhizons (a-ri'zus), a. ( [< NL. arrhizus, < Gr. 
appear;, without roots, < a- priv. + /'fa, a root.] 
Having no root : applied to parasitical plants 
which nave no root, but adhere to other plants 
