IMPRISON

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• bang up

• gaol, jail

• lock up

• put away

• (British, colloquial) send to the Tower

• See also imprison

Anagrams

• promisin'

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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