Word Meanings - ARRESTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Arrest. The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

Related words: (words related to ARRESTATION)

• DECRESCENDO
  With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
• CONVENTIONALLY
  In a conventional manner.
• DECRETORIAL
  Decretory; authoritative. Sir T. Browne.
• DECREASING
  Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series , a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
• ENGLISHWOMAN
  Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
• DECRETORILY
  In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
• CONVENTIONAL
  1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
• CONVENTIONALISM
  The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
• ARRESTIVE
  Tending to arrest. McCosh.
• CONVENTIONIST
  One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
• RESIDENTIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade. 2. Residing; residentiary.
• RESIDENTIARYSHIP
  The office or condition of a residentiary.
• NATIONALNESS
  The quality or state of being national; nationality. Johnson.
• DECREW
  To decrease. Spenser.
• ARRESTEE
  The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
• CONVENTIONALITY
  The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.
• DECREPITNESS
  Decrepitude. Barrow.
• DECREE
  An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils. Syn. -- Law; regulation; edict; ordinance. See Law. (more info) decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide;
• ARREST
  To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime. Note: After his word Shakespeare uses of ("I arrest thee of high treason") or on; the modern usage is for. 3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as,
• DECREPITATE
  To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
• INTERNATIONAL
  1. Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations. 2. Of or concerning the association called the International. International code
• PRESIDENT
  Precedent. Bacon.
• IMAGINATIONALISM
  Idealism. J. Grote.
• INTERNATIONALISM
  1. The state or principles of international interests and intercourse. 2. The doctrines or organization of the International.
• DENOMINATIONAL
  Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.
• UNDECREED
  Not decreed. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym: