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disimprison

disimprison verb: to free or release from a state of imprisonment.

Verb

disimprison (third-person singular simple present disimprisons, present participle disimprisoning, simple past and past participle disimprisoned)

  1. (transitive) To free or release from a state of imprisonment.
    • Sometimes it is sufficient for another person to say 'Look!,' 'Look at that!,' or 'Look over there!' to release the transfixed attention, to disimprison the patient from his spellbound, albeit empty, Parkinsonian attention and allow him once again to move freely in the real world.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of disimprison

third-person singular presentdisimprisons
present participledisimprisoning
past participledisimprisoned
pastdisimprisoned

Origin of disimprison

From dis- + imprison.

Questions about disimprison

What does disimprison mean?
Disimprison means to free or release from a state of imprisonment.
What part of speech is disimprison?
Disimprison is a verb.
What is the past tense of disimprison?
The past tense of disimprison is disimprisoned.

Words near disimprison in the dictionary

  1. disimperialism
  2. disimplicate
  3. disimplicated
  4. disimplicates
  5. disimplicating
  6. disimprison
  7. disimprisoned
  8. disimprisoning
  9. disimprisonment
  10. disimprisons
  11. disimpropriate

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