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Webster 1913 Edition
Imprison
Im-pris′on
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imprisoned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprisoning
.] 1.
To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
He
imprisoned
was in chains remediless. Spenser.
2.
To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
Syn. – To incarcerate; confine; immure.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imprison
IMPRIS'ON
,Verb.
T.
1.
To put into a prison; to confine in a prison or jail, or to arrest and detain in custody in any place.2.
To confine; to shut up; to restrain from escape; to deprive of the liberty to move from place to place; as, to be imprisoned in a cell. He imprisoned was in chains remediless.
Try to imprison the resistless winds.
Definition 2024
imprison
imprison
English
Alternative forms
Verb
imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned)
- (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine.
Synonyms
- bang up
- gaol, jail
- lock up
- put away
- (Britain, colloquial) sent to the Tower “imprisoned”
- See also Wikisaurus:imprison
Derived terms
Translations
to put in or as if in prison; confine
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