imprisonment

[im-priz-uhn]

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verb (used with object)

to confine in or as if in a prison.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English enprisonen < Old French enprisoner, equivalent to en- en-¹ + prison prison + -er infinitive suffix

Related forms

im·pris·on·a·ble, adjective

im·pris·on·er, noun

im·pris·on·ment, noun

re·im·pris·on, verb (used with object)

re·im·pris·on·ment, noun

EXPAND

un·im·pris·on·a·ble, adjective

un·im·pris·oned, adjective

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. incarcerate, jail, restrain.

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imprison (ɪmˈprɪzən)

—vb
	(tr) to confine in or as if in prison

im'prisoner

—n

im'prisonment

—n

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