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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)