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imprison

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im·pris·on  (m-przn)
tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons
To put in or as if in prison; confine.

[Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-2) + prison, prison; see prison.]

im·prison·a·ble adj.
im·prison·ment n.

imprison
Verb
to confine in or as if in prison
imprisonment n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.imprison - 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"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
2.imprison - 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"
detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement

imprison
verb jail, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down (informal) send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure << OPPOSITE free
Translations
imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtencarcelar

imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtemprisonner, mettre en prison

imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtinhaftieren, einsperren

imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtimprigionare

imprison
v imprison [imˈprizn]
to put in prison; to take or keep prisoner He was imprisoned for twenty years for his crimes. opsluit يَسْجِن затварям uvěznit fængsle einsperren φυλακίζω encarcelar vangi panema زندانی کردن panna vankilaan emprisonner לִכלוֹא कैद करना utamničiti, zatvoriti bebörtönöz memenjarakan fangelsa imprigionare 刑務所に入れる 투옥하다 įkalinti ieslodzīt cietumā memenjarakan gevangen zetten fengsle uwięzić ser preso a întemniţa заключать в тюрьму uväzniť zapreti zatvoriti sätta i fängelse, hålla fängslad จำคุก hapsetmek 關押 ув'язнювати قید خانے میں ڈالنا bỏ tù
n imˈprisonment
gevangenskap سَجْن затваряне uvěznění fængsling; fangenskab die Haft φυλάκιση encarcelamiento vangistus حبس vankeusrangaistus emprisonnement מַאֲסָר कैद utamničenje, zatvor bebörtönzés pengurungan fangelsun; fangelsisvist imprigionamento 投獄 투옥 (상태) įkalinimas ieslodzījums cietumā pemenjaraan gevangenneming, gevangenschap fengsling, fangenskap uwięzienie prisão întemniţare тюремное заключение uväznenie, väzenie zapor zatvor fängslande, fångenskap การจำคุก hapis, hapsetme 關押 ув'язнення قید sự bỏ tù


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The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison it in the circle of her account-book.
The curate, who was still timorous and restless, was now, oddly enough, for pushing on, and I was urging him to keep up his strength by eating when the thing happened that was to imprison us.
He had a brown horse-cloth in his hand, which he threw over the basket, making it fast with a piece of twine so as to effectually imprison its inmate, while his aunt ran across to reassure her visitors.
 
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