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IMPRISON

\ɪmpɹˈɪzən], \ɪmpɹˈɪzən], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n]\

Definitions of IMPRISON

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Legal Glossary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To put a person in prison or jail or otherwise confine him as punishment for committing a crime.

2010 - Legal Glossary Database
By Oddity Software

To put into a jail; detain in custody; restrain or confine in any way; incarcerate.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To put in prison: to shut up: to confine or restrain.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To put into prison; confine.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To put into and confine in a prison; to confine or restrain.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To put into or to confine in a prison; to shut up or confine.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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