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incarcerated - 4 dictionary results

in⋅car⋅cer⋅ate

[v. in-kahr-suh-reyt; adj. in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-reyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to imprison; confine.
2. to enclose; constrict closely.
–adjective
3. imprisoned.

Origin:
1520–30; < ML incarcerātus ptp. of incarcerāre to imprison, equiv. to in- in- 2 + carcer prison + -ātus -ate 1


in⋅car⋅cer⋅a⋅tion, noun
in⋅car⋅cer⋅a⋅tive, adjective
in⋅car⋅cer⋅a⋅tor, noun


1. jail, immure, intern.
in·car·cer·ate   (ĭn-kär'sə-rāt')   
tr.v.   in·car·cer·at·ed, in·car·cer·at·ing, in·car·cer·ates
  1. To put into jail.
  2. To shut in; confine.

[Medieval Latin incarcerāre, incarcerāt- : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin carcer, prison.]
in·car'cer·a'tion n., in·car'cer·a'tor n.

Main Entry: in·car·cer·at·ed
Pronunciation: in-'kär-s&-"rAt-&d
Function: adjective
of a hernia : constricted but not strangulated

incarcerated in·car·cer·at·ed (ĭn-kär'sə-rā'tĭd)
adj.
Confined or trapped, as a hernia.

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