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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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