Incarcerate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INCARCERATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INCARCERATING.] [Lat. prefix in and carcer, prison, carcerare, carceratum, to imprison; It. incarcerare, Fr. incarcérer, Pr., Pg., & O. Sp. encarcerar, N. Sp. encarcelar.]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
2. To confine; to shut up or inclose.

Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.