IMPRISONING

Verb

imprisoning

present participle of imprison

Source: Wiktionary


IMPRISON

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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