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carcerate

carcerate verb: to imprison or confine.

Verb

carcerate (third-person singular simple present carcerates, present participle carcerating, simple past and past participle carcerated)

  1. (rare) To imprison or confine.
    Synonyms:
    incarcerate

Synonyms of carcerate

Forms of carcerate

third-person singular presentcarcerates
present participlecarcerating
past participlecarcerated
pastcarcerated

Questions about carcerate

What does carcerate mean?
Carcerate means to imprison or confine.
What part of speech is carcerate?
Carcerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of carcerate?
The past tense of carcerate is carcerated.

Words near carcerate in the dictionary

  1. carceral
  2. carcerality
  3. carcerally
  4. carcerand
  5. carcerands
  6. carcerate
  7. carcerated
  8. carcerates
  9. carcerating
  10. carceration
  11. carcereal

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