† intowerv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To confine or imprison in a tower.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > in a tower
intower1592
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xl. 176 Yeat was he taken and in-towr'd, and lost his head for this.
Derivatives
inˈtowering n.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > in a tower
intoweringa1649
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 214 The entowering of Henry the VI.
1649 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 42 The unexpected surprisal and intowering of John Lilburne, proclaiming him traitor.
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