Definition of imprison

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im·pris·on    (m-przn) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons

To put in or as if in prison; confine.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-²) + prison, prison ; see prison

OTHER FORMS:
im·prison·a·ble(Adjective), im·prison·ment(Noun)