Meaning of IMPRISON
| Pronunciation: | | im'prizun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| | See Also: | | confine, detain | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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