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imprison
im·pris·on I0067100 (ĭm-prĭz′ən)tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine.
[Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-2) + prison, prison; see prison.]
im·pris′on·a·ble adj.im·pris′on·ment n.imprison (ɪmˈprɪzən) vb (tr) to confine in or as if in prison imˈprisoner n imˈprisonment nim•pris•on (ɪmˈprɪz ən)
v.t. to confine in or as if in a prison. [1250–1300; Middle English enprisonen < Old French enprisoner=en- en-1 + -prisoner, v. derivative of prison prison] im•pris′on•ment, n. imprison
Past participle: imprisoned
Gerund: imprisoning
| Imperative |
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| imprison | | imprison |
| Present |
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| I imprison | | you imprison | | he/she/it imprisons | | we imprison | | you imprison | | they imprison |
| Preterite |
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| I imprisoned | | you imprisoned | | he/she/it imprisoned | | we imprisoned | | you imprisoned | | they imprisoned |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am imprisoning | | you are imprisoning | | he/she/it is imprisoning | | we are imprisoning | | you are imprisoning | | they are imprisoning |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have imprisoned | | you have imprisoned | | he/she/it has imprisoned | | we have imprisoned | | you have imprisoned | | they have imprisoned |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was imprisoning | | you were imprisoning | | he/she/it was imprisoning | | we were imprisoning | | you were imprisoning | | they were imprisoning |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had imprisoned | | you had imprisoned | | he/she/it had imprisoned | | we had imprisoned | | you had imprisoned | | they had imprisoned |
| Future |
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| I will imprison | | you will imprison | | he/she/it will imprison | | we will imprison | | you will imprison | | they will imprison |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have imprisoned | | you will have imprisoned | | he/she/it will have imprisoned | | we will have imprisoned | | you will have imprisoned | | they will have imprisoned |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be imprisoning | | you will be imprisoning | | he/she/it will be imprisoning | | we will be imprisoning | | you will be imprisoning | | they will be imprisoning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been imprisoning | | you have been imprisoning | | he/she/it has been imprisoning | | we have been imprisoning | | you have been imprisoning | | they have been imprisoning |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been imprisoning | | you will have been imprisoning | | he/she/it will have been imprisoning | | we will have been imprisoning | | you will have been imprisoning | | they will have been imprisoning |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been imprisoning | | you had been imprisoning | | he/she/it had been imprisoning | | we had been imprisoning | | you had been imprisoning | | they had been imprisoning |
| Conditional |
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| I would imprison | | you would imprison | | he/she/it would imprison | | we would imprison | | you would imprison | | they would imprison |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have imprisoned | | you would have imprisoned | | he/she/it would have imprisoned | | we would have imprisoned | | you would have imprisoned | | they would have imprisoned |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | imprison - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put awaylaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement | | 2. | imprison - confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
imprisonverb jail, confine, detain, lock up, constrain, put away, intern, incarcerate, send down (informal), send to prison, impound, put under lock and key, immure He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
free, release, discharge, liberate, emancipateimprisonverb1. To put in jail:confine, detain, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up).2. To enclose so as to hinder or prohibit escape:closet, confine, shut up.Translationsimprison (imˈprizn) verb to put in prison; to take or keep prisoner. He was imprisoned for twenty years for his crimes. 監禁 关押imˈprisonment noun 監禁 关押imprison
imprison (someone) in (something)To confine someone to a particular space or place, usually as a punishment. Yep, the sheriff imprisoned those rabble-rousers in the cell in the back. Please don't imprison your little sister in the basement again.See also: imprisonimprison someone in somethingto lock someone up in something. The authorities imprisoned him in a separate cell. Bob imprisoned Timmy in the closet for an hour.See also: imprisonEncyclopediaSeeImprisonmentimprison
Synonyms for imprisonverb jailSynonyms- jail
- confine
- detain
- lock up
- constrain
- put away
- intern
- incarcerate
- send down
- send to prison
- impound
- put under lock and key
- immure
Antonyms- free
- release
- discharge
- liberate
- emancipate
Synonyms for imprisonverb to put in jailSynonyms- confine
- detain
- immure
- incarcerate
- intern
- jail
- lock
verb to enclose so as to hinder or prohibit escapeSynonymsSynonyms for imprisonverb lock up or confine, in or as in a jailSynonyms- gaol
- immure
- incarcerate
- jail
- jug
- put behind bars
- remand
- lag
- put away
Related Words- law
- jurisprudence
- detain
- confine
verb confine as if in a prisonRelated Words |