| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To confine, incarcerate, immure or intern.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To enclose, include, surround or append. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To apprehend, arrest, seize or capture.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb imprison.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (imprison) | 1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial".[Wordnet]. 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".[Wordnet]. 3. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.[Websters]. 4. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: imprisoning, imprisoned, imprisons, imprisoner, imprisoners, imprisoningly and imprisonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "IMPRISONING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: IMPRISONING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Shutting up in prison; confining in a place.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of imprison. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: IMPRISONING
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Imprisoning War | The Imprisoning War is a fictional war from the Legend of Zelda series of video games. It begins with Ganondorf stealing the Triforce of Power. During these seven long years, Ganondorf overthrows the King of Hyrule, and unleashes his evil across Hyrule. The inhabitants of Hyrule (Zora, Goron, Hylian; Kokiri are too young, and Gerudo are one Ganon's side) rose up against the King of Evil, but were overpowered. All of the inhabitants (except Gerudo) were cursed and punished. Little else is known what happens during these seven years. (references) | ||
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