Em-pris'on1, v. t.
v. t. [Obs.] See IMPRISON.
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Imprison
Im-pris'on2, v. t.
(im-priz'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. IMPRISONED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMPRISONING.] [Prefix im and prison, q. v.; Fr. emprisonner, Fr. empresonner, It. imprigionare.]
- To put into a prison; to confine in a prison or jail, or to arrest and detain in custody.
- To limit, hinder, or restrain in any way; as, to be imprisoned in a cell.
He imprisoned was in chains remediless. Spenser. Try to imprison the resistless winds. Dryden. Syn.—To incarcerate; confine; immure.