Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Imprison"
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) 1.7 (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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