ppl. a. [f. ARREST v. + -ED.] Stopped, put a stop to, checked, stayed; seized by legal warrant. Arrested development: development stopped at some stage of its progress.
1611. Cotgr., Arresté, stayed, stopped, arrested.
1859. Huxley, Oceanic Hydroz. The Hydrozoa are [not] in any sense ‘arrested developments’ of higher organisms.
1871. Darwin, Desc. Man, I. iv. I. 121. Arrested development differs from arrested growth, as parts in the former state still continue to grow, whilst still retaining their early condition.
