About The Word Incarcerate
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Incarcerate
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What's The Definition Of Incarcerate?
[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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Incarcerate: gaol | immure | imprison | jail | jug | lag | put away | put behind bars | remand Related Terms | Find terms related to Incarcerate: bastille | beleaguer | beset | besiege | blockade | bolt in | bound | box in | cage | cast in prison | chamber | clap in jail | clap up | close in | compass | confine | constrain | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | corral | encircle | enclose | encompass | enshrine | fence in | gaol | hedge in | hem in | hold captive | hold in captivity | hold prisoner | house in | immure | impound | imprison | include | intern | jail | jug | kennel | leaguer | lock in | lock up | mew | mew up | pen | pen in | pocket | quarantine | quod | rail in | shrine | shut in | shut up | stable | surround | throw into jail | wall in | wrap | yard | yard up Incarcerate In Webster's Dictionary \In*car"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Incarcerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incarcerating}.] [Pref. in-
in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr.
carcer prison.]
1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
{Incarcerated hernia} (Med.), hernia in which the
constriction can not be easily reduced.
\In*car"cer*ate\, a. Imprisoned. --Dr. H. More. |
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