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Webster 1913 Edition


Arest

A-rest′

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Noun.
A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


arest

arest

Ladin

Noun

arest m (plural arests)

  1. stop, standstill
  2. arrest

Old French

Noun

arest m (oblique plural arez or aretz, nominative singular arez or aretz, nominative plural arest)

  1. delay; hesitation

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