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单词 imprison
释义

imprisonn.

Etymology: < imprison v.
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.

/ɪmˈprɪz(ə)n/
Forms: α. Middle English enprisone, Middle English enprisounne, enpresone, Middle English enprisoun, enprysone, emprisone, emprisoun, empresoun, 1500s enprison, enpryson, 1500s, 1800s emprison. β. Middle English– imprison, (Middle English–1500s in-, 1500s impryson, ympreson).
Etymology: Middle English, < Old French en- , emprisoner (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), modern French emprisonner , < en- , in- (in- prefix3) + prison prison n.: compare Provençal empreisonar, Italian imprigionare.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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