Definition of imprison

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Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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Imprisoned :: Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Impriso.
Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
Reimprisonment :: Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned..
Emprison :: Emprison (v. t.) See Imprison.
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Jug :: Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.
Imprisoner :: Imprisoner (n.) One who imprisons.
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
Wrongous :: Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..
Imprisoning :: Imprisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impriso.
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