Imprison Definition

ĭm-prĭzən
imprisoned, imprisons
verb
imprisoned, imprisons
To put or keep in prison; jail.
Webster's New World
To restrict, limit, or confine in any way.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Imprison

  • Middle English emprisonen from Old French emprisoner en- in (from Latin in- in–2) prison prison prison

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French emprisonner

    From Wiktionary

Imprison Sentence Examples

  • They could arrest and imprison.

  • They are using the police and the law as a cage in which to imprison all dissenters and heretics.

  • He discussed the powers of the creditor to arrest and imprison a debtor.

  • They then couibined with the majority of the council and the discontented Catholics to remove the protector from office and imprison him in the Tower (October).

  • When Julia becomes pregnant, Victor's jealousy leads him to imprison Michael.

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IIMIMP

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NONSON

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Words Starting With I and Ending With N

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