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disimprisoning

disimprisoning is the present participle and gerund of disimprison.

Meaning of disimprison

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

Questions about disimprisoning

What is disimprisoning the present participle and gerund of?
Disimprisoning is the present participle and gerund of disimprison.

Words near disimprisoning in the dictionary

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

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