'Incarcerating' definitions:
Definition of 'Incarcerating'
From: GCIDE
- Incarcerate \In*car"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incarcerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating.] [Pref. in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. [1913 Webster]
- Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced. [1913 Webster] incarcerate