Imprison

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put in or as if in prison; confine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To put in or as if in prison; confine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
  • v. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put into a prison; confine in a prison or jail; detain in custody.
  • To confine, limit, or restrain in any way or by any means.
  • Synonyms To incarcerate, immure.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. confine as if in a prison
  • v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • Antonym
    free    deliver   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    detain    confine   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    incarcerate    immure    confine    quod    secure    stock    jail    commit    sent to the Tower   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    arisen    prison    risen