单词 | imprison |
释义 | † imprisonn. Obsolete. rare. Imprisonment. ΚΠ 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiii. 159 But yet they hoped for to have releve Of theyr imprison which did them so greve. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). imprisonv. 1. a. transitive. To put into prison, to confine in a prison or other place of confinement; to detain in custody, to keep in close confinement; to incarcerate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 α. β. c1450 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 464 (note) (MS. Coll. Arms) The Kynge..toke this Geffray, and imprisoned him.a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viiv And how into Egypt, yonge Ioseph was solde There was inprysoned, by a false coniectour.c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 84 In worse case be we, than those yt be taken & imprisoned for theft.1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxii. 19 Lord, they know that I imprisoned [ Tindale presoned]..them that beleeued on thee. View more context for this quotation1771 in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliv. 158 They have no legal authority to imprison any man.1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 621 They imprison men and women, and make inquisition into their faith.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9521 Muche robberie me dude aboute in euerich toun, And bounde men & enprisonede, vor te hii finede raunson. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1181 Enprisone hem her wiþ-inne þy tours & so þer let hem lye. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 19 Guytoga..empresound him in þe castell. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. x. 40 He was emprisouned in many placez. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xvii He may enpryson his vylayne. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 376 He did emprison them in dyuerse prisons, commaundyng the Jaylours to kepe them streyt in Irons. b. In more general sense: To confine. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] beloukOE loukOE sparc1175 pena1200 bepen?c1225 pind?c1225 prison?c1225 spearc1300 stopc1315 restraina1325 aclosec1350 forbara1375 reclosea1382 ward1390 enclose1393 locka1400 reclusea1400 pinc1400 sparc1430 hamperc1440 umbecastc1440 murea1450 penda1450 mew?c1450 to shut inc1460 encharter1484 to shut up1490 bara1500 hedge1549 hema1552 impound1562 strain1566 chamber1568 to lock up1568 coop1570 incarcerate1575 cage1577 mew1581 kennel1582 coop1583 encagea1586 pound1589 imprisonc1595 encloister1596 button1598 immure1598 seclude1598 uplock1600 stow1602 confine1603 jail1604 hearse1608 bail1609 hasp1620 cub1621 secure1621 incarcera1653 fasten1658 to keep up1673 nun1753 mope1765 quarantine1804 peg1824 penfold1851 encoop1867 oubliette1884 jigger1887 corral1890 maroon1904 to bang up1950 to lock down1971 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxi. 19 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 87 Since imprison'd in my mother Thou me freed'st. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 279 She did confine thee..Into a clouen Pyne, within which rift Imprison'd, thou didst painefully remaine A dozen yeeres. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 107 All living creatures, whilst they are imprisoned..with walls, or chayns. 1682 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De natura rerum iv. 110 As when the hindring dore Imprisons up the longing Eye no more. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. iv. §6 If a Man imprison himself in his Closet, and employ the most exquisite Powers of Reason to find out the Nature of Things. 1820 J. Keats Ode on Melancholy in Lamia & Other Poems 141 If thy mistress some rich anger shows, Emprison her soft hand, and let her rave. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 97 Therefore will I put thee to death imprisoned in this bottle. 2. transferred and figurative. To confine, shut up: in various connections, in which either the confining agent or cause, or the object confined, or the nature of the confinement, or both, are other than physical, or in which the object is inanimate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] pena1200 bebar?c1225 loukc1275 beshuta1300 parc1300 to shut in1398 to close inc1400 parrockc1400 pinc1400 steekc1400 lock?a1425 includec1425 key?a1439 spare?c1450 enferme1481 terminea1500 bebay1511 imprisona1533 besetc1534 hema1552 ram1567 warda1586 closet1589 pound1589 seclude1598 confine1600 i-pend1600 uptie1600 pinfold1605 boundify1606 incoop1608 to round in1609 ring1613 to buckle ina1616 embounda1616 swathe1624 hain1636 coopa1660 to sheathe up1661 stivea1722 cloister1723 span1844 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Nn.vj Thou enprysonedst my harte at thy wyndowe. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 78 Alas..that we..should be thus imprisoned in perplexities. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 429 They have much gold, but hold it an high offence to imprison it..in Chests or Treasuries. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 739 An extreame Fogge, as double gard to that Iland (uncertaine weather to fortifie it, or to imprison them). 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 55 At this time such raine, thunder and lightning fell vpon vs, that wee were imprisoned in our Tents. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 8 I a Prisoner chain'd, scarce freely draw The air imprison'd also. View more context for this quotation a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 519 It is a great mistake..so far to imprison our love to our selves, as to make it inconsistent with Charity towards others. 1691 T. Tryon Wisdom's Dictates 2 Imprison thy Tongue lest it imprison thee. 1693 S. Harvey in J. Dryden tr. Juvenal Satires ix. 184 Try to Imprison the resistless Wind. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 84 The sculptur'd dead..Emprison'd in black, purgatorial rails. Derivatives imˈprisoned adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] > imprisoned bounda1382 close1393 boundena1400 prisoneda1400 imprisoned1529 pent1554 encageda1616 prison-bound1816 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxvi These pore empresoned sowlys whom chryst..by hys precyouse blode.., delyuered owt of the lake of fyre wherin they lay bounden for theyre synnys. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 107 The imprisoned officer was liberated. imˈprisoning n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] prisonOE wardc1290 prisoning1344 keepingc1384 imprisonment1389 prisonment1422 jail1447 fasteningc1460 warding1497 firmancea1522 incarcerationc1540 imprisoningc1542 limbo1590 limbus?a1600 endurance1610 jailing1622 restraint1829 carceration1870 holiday1901 Paddy Doyle1919 bird1924 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] imprisoningc1542 c1542 Udall in Royster D. (Shaks. Soc.) p. xix None ympresonyng, noo tormentes. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 243 Which heates the imprisoning rockes, when hot it growes. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such i. 14 A partial release from the imprisoning verdict that a man's philosophy is the formula of his personality. imˈprisoner n. one who imprisons. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > jailer jailerc1290 prisonera1325 officer?1387 claviculer1447 javeler?c1450 key turner1606 baston1607 twistkey1617 prison keeper1623 detainer1647 prison officer1649 turnkey1655 imprisoner1656 phylacist1656 cipier1671 wardsman1683 goodman1698 prison guard1722 screw1812 dungeoner1817 dubsman1839 cell-keeper1841 prison warder1854 warder1855 dubs1882 twirl1891 hack1914 correction officer1940 1656 W. Prynne Summary Coll. Rights Eng. Freemen 30 Any Levier of them [taxes], or imprisoner of refusers of them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1509v.1297 |
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