In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
(verb) 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”
imprison
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• bang up
• gaol, jail
• lock up
• put away
• (British, colloquial) send to the Tower
• See also imprison
• promisin'
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pris"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprisoning.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.