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emprison

emprison is the obsolete form of imprison.

Meaning of imprison

Verb

imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned)

  1. (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
    • One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate
    Synonyms:
    bang up, gaol, jail, lock up, put away, immure, send to the Tower, bastille, clap up, confine

Forms of emprison

third-person singular presentemprisons
present participleemprisoning
past participleemprisoned
pastemprisoned

Origin of emprison

From em- + prison.

Words formed from emprison

Questions about emprison

What is emprison the obsolete form of?
Emprison is the obsolete form of imprison.

Words near emprison in the dictionary

  1. emprints
  2. emprise
  3. emprised
  4. emprises
  5. emprising
  6. emprison
  7. emprisoned
  8. emprisoning
  9. emprisonment
  10. emprisonments
  11. emprisons

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