About The Word Imprison
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Imprison Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Imprison?
[v] lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
[v] confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone" Synonyms | Synonyms for Imprison: gaol | immure | incarcerate | jail | jug | lag | put away | put behind bars | remand Related Terms | Find terms related to Imprison: bastille | beleaguer | beset | besiege | blockade | bolt in | bound | box in | cage | cast in prison | chamber | check | circumscribe | clap in jail | clap up | close in | compass | confine | constrain | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | corral | curb | detain | encircle | enclose | encompass | enshrine | fence in | gaol | hedge in | hem in | hold captive | hold in captivity | hold prisoner | house in | immure | impound | incarcerate | include | intern | jail | jug | kennel | leaguer | limit | lock in | lock up | mew | mew up | pen | pen in | pocket | prison | put away | quarantine | quod | rail in | release | remand | restrain | restrict | send down | shrine | shut in | shut up | stable | surround | throw into jail | wall in | wrap | yard | yard up Imprison In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.
emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See
{Prison}.]
1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;
to confine.
He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser.
2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
Try to imprison the resistless wind. --Dryden.
Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
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