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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser. 2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way Try to imprison the resistless wind. --Dryden. Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: imprison v 1: lock up in jail [syn: {incarcerate}, {lag}, {immure}, {put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol}, {put away}, {remand}] 2: 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"
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