| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To imprison, confine or immure.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To detain, restrain or intern. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To enclose, include or surround.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb incarcerate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (incarcerate) | 1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life".[Wordnet]. 2. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.[Websters]. 3. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: incarcerating, incarcerated, incarcerates, incarcerater, incarceraters, incarceratingly and incarceratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "INCARCERATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Specialty Definition: incarcerate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To imprison; to confine in a jail.. | 2: [Verb] To confine; to shut up or inclose.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To confine. (references) | 2: [Verb] To lock away. To throw into prison, especially for breaking the law. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
