'Imprison' definitions:
Definition of 'imprison'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand]
verb
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"
Definition of 'Imprison'
From: GCIDE
- Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprisoning.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison.]
- 1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. [1913 Webster]
- He imprisoned was in chains remediless. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. [1913 Webster]
- Try to imprison the resistless wind. --Dryden.
- Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imprison'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bastille,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blockade,
- bolt in,
- bound,
- box in,
- cage,
- cast in prison,
- chamber,
- check,
- circumscribe,
- clap in jail,
- clap up,
- close in,
- compass,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- curb,
- detain,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- fence in,
- gaol,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- hold captive,
- hold in captivity,
- hold prisoner,
- house in,
- immure,
- impound,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- intern,
- jail,
- jug,
- kennel,
- leaguer,
- limit,
- lock in,
- lock up,
- mew,
- mew up,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pocket,
- prison,
- put away,
- quarantine,
- quod,
- rail in,
- release,
- remand,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- send down,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- stable,
- surround,
- throw into jail,
- wall in,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up