Imprisoned

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              He imprisoned was in chains remediless. --Spenser.
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     2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
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              Try to imprison the resistless wind.  --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imprisoned
       adj : in captivity [syn: {captive}, {confined}, {jailed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "imprisoned":
     barred, behind bars, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded,
     bound, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped,
     cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, enclosed,
     fenced, hedged, hemmed, immured, in captivity, in durance vile,
     in prison, in stir, incarcerated, jailed, leaguered, locked up,
     mewed, paled, penned, pent-up, quarantined, railed, restrained,
     shut-in, walled, walled-in