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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
Spanish imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtencarcelar
French imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtemprisonner, mettre en prison
German imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtinhaftieren, einsperren
Italian imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vtimprigionare

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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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