About The Word Prison
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Prison
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What's The Definition Of Prison?
[n] a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
[n] a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement Synonyms | Synonyms for Prison: prison house | prison house Related Terms | Find terms related to Prison: See Also | camp | cellblock | chokey | choky | college | correctional institution | situation | state of affairs | state prison | ward Prison In Webster's Dictionary \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a
seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of,
to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n.,
{Misprision}.]
1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of
personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement,
restraint, or safe custody.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy
name. --Ps. cxlii.
7.
The tyrant [AE]olus, . . . With power imperial,
curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in
dark prisons binds. --Dryden.
2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or
confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful
authority.
{Prison bars}, or {Prison base}. See {Base}, n., 24.
{Prison breach}. (Law) See Note under 3d {Escape}, n., 4.
{Prison house}, a prison. --Shak.
{Prison ship} (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement
of prisoners.
{Prison van}, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to
and from prison.
\Pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prisoning}.] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. The prisoned eagle dies for rage. --Sir W. Scott. His true respect will prison false desire. --Shak. 2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.] Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned. --Robert of Brunne. |
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