imprison

[im-priz-uh n] /ɪmˈprɪz ən/

verb (used with object)

to confine in or as if in a prison.

Origin

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

Related forms

imprisonable, adjective

imprisoner, noun

imprisonment, noun

reimprison, verb (used with object)

reimprisonment, noun

unimprisonable, adjective

unimprisoned, adjective

Synonyms

1. incarcerate, jail, restrain.

Examples from the web for imprisoned

But law professors themselves usually are not arrested or imprisoned falsely, nor subjected to the third degree.
Sometimes they dismissed the arrested persons, sometimes they fined them, sometimes they imprisoned them.
Another chilling reminder are the prison hoods and shackles worn by the imprisoned conspirators.
There is no one who does not feel that he is imprisoned in some way.
imprisoned there in appalling conditions, more than half died.
Indeed, other people you encounter may even mock you, imprisoned as you are in an uncomfortable cell of your own making.
If he returns from his travels, he may be imprisoned or executed.
One of the few remaining signs of their limbed heritage is the presence of vestigial hips imprisoned in the rib cage.
Andrea's accident had imprisoned her mind in a lifeless body.
People suspected of being insurgents have been imprisoned.

British Dictionary definitions for imprisoned

/ɪmˈprɪzən/

verb

(transitive) to confine in or as if in prison

Derived Forms

imprisoner, noun
imprisonment, noun

Word Origin and History for imprisoned

c.1300, from Old French emprisoner (12c.), from em- "in" (see in- (2)) + prison (see prison). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning.