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in⋅car⋅cer⋅ate

  [v. in-kahr-suh-reyt; adj. in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-reyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
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–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

Related forms:
in⋅car⋅cer⋅a⋅tion, noun
in⋅car⋅cer⋅a⋅tive, adjective
in⋅car⋅cer⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. jail, immure, intern.
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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.
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Word Origin & History

incarceration 
1536, from O.Fr. incarceration, from M.L. incarcerationem (nom. incarceratio), from incarceratus, pp. of incarcerare "imprison," from in- "in" + carcer "prison, an enclosed space," of uncertain origin. The verb incarcerate is first attested 1560.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·car·cer·ate
Pronunciation: in-'kär-s&-"rAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare, from in- in + carcer prison
: IMPRISON —in·car·ce·ra·tion /in-"kär-s&-'rA-sh&n/ noun
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Main Entry: in·car·cer·a·tion
Pronunciation: in-"kär-s&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a confining or state ofbeing confined
2 : abnormal retention or confinement of a body part; specifically : a constriction of the neck of a hernial sac so that the hernial contents becomeirreducible
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