| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. An alternative spelling for "Imprison": To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: emprisoning, emprisoned, emprisons, emprisoner, emprisoners, emprisoningly and emprisonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EMPRISON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1819. (references) |
| Note: Emprison \Em*pris"on\, transitive verb. [obsolete]. (references) |
