pursue English
Verb
( pursu)
(obsolete) To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.
To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 20
- The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued' me, they shall ' pursue you also.
* 2009 , Martin Chulov, ‘Iraqi shoe-thrower claims he suffered torture in jail’, The Guardian , 15 Sep 09:
- He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.
To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
- Her rival pursued a quite different course.
To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
* 2009 , Benjamin Pogrund, ‘Freeze won't hurt Netanyahu’, The Guardian , 1 Dec 09:
- He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.
To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
See also
* follow
* chase
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arrest English
Noun
( en noun)
A check, stop, an act or instance of something.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
(legal) The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
A device to physically arrest motion.
(nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
(obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
* Jeremy Taylor
- The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
(farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
- (White)
Derived terms
* arrest warrant
* cardiac arrest
* house arrest
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
* Philips
- Nor could her virtues the relentless hand / Of Death arrest .
(obsolete) To stay, remain.
- (Spenser)
To stop (a process, course etc.).
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 707:
- To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.
* 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault , page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
* Shakespeare
- I arrest thee of high treason.
To catch the attention of.
* 1919 : :
- There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.
Derived terms
* arrester, arrestor
* arrestment
* arresting
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