arrestive

adj

Etymology

From arrest + -ive.

  1. derived from *steh₂-
  2. derived from ad-
  3. derived from *arrestō
  4. derived from areste
  5. inherited from arest
  6. suffixed as arrestive — “arrest + ive

Definitions

  1. Tending to arrest.

    • Some [emotions] are Instigative, and others Arrestive.
    • This reactive recoiling from something clearly in our nature is itself unnatural. It is as arrestive of emotional progress as the opposite practice of uncontrolled indulgence, which is a symptom, not a cause, of emotional immaturity.
    • […] most periodontal therapy aims to prevent the initiation, progression, or recurrence of periodontal diseases. This can be termed arrestive periodontal therapy.

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