n.
1.the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
2.the state of inactivity following an interruption arrest v.
1.take into custody
2.hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
3.attract and fix
4.cause to stop
Idiom of the Day
to the ends of the earth
to the most remote and most inaccessible points on the earth
My professor went to the ends of the earth to find material for his university thesis.