2. A stoppage or check. Darwin.

||Ar*rêt (&?;), n. [F. See Arrest, n.] (F. Law) (a) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign. (b) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Ar*ret" (&?;), v. t. Same as Aret. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ar`rha*phos"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; to sew together.] Seamless. [R.]

{ Ar*rhi"zal (&?;), Ar*rhi"zous (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?; not rooted; 'a priv. + &?; a root.] (Bot.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

{ Ar*rhyth"mic (&?;), Ar*rhyth"mous (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; rhythm.] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.

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