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Imprison

//ɪmˈpɹɪzən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. transitive

    "One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II."

  2. 2
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail wordnet
  3. 3
    confine as if in a prison wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.

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