imprison
Syllables: im·pris·on/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/
imprison verb: to put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
Verb
imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned)
- 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
- None of these people has ever had what they really wanted, and if they get a glimmer of it, they back off suspiciously, failures of imagination helping to imprison them further.1985 December 21, Mara Math, “Fen (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 15
imprison meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
imprison in Hindi
- to imprison
- मूँदना mū̃dnā
imprison in Tamil
- சிறையிலிடு, சிறைப்பிடி
imprison in Urdu
- to imprison
- بند کرنا band karnā
imprison in Bengali
- কারারুদ্ধ করা, বন্দি করা, জেলে পাঠানো
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- imprison in Malayalam
- ജയിലിലാക്കുക, ബന്തവസ്സിൽ വയ്ക്കുക, ബന്ധനസ്ഥനാക്കുക, തടവിലാക്കുക
- imprison in Kannada
- ಅಡೆ, ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿ, ಸೆರೆಗಟ್ಟು, ಕೆಯ್ಸೆರೆವಿಡಿ
- imprison in Arabic
- حَبَسَ ḥabasa, سَجَنَ sajana
- imprison in Indonesian
- memenjarakan
- imprison in Thai
- ขัง kǎng, จำคุก jam-kúk
- imprison in Vietnamese
- bỏ tù
Examples of imprison in a sentence
- After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
- Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
- The murderer was imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Synonyms of imprison
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Forms of imprison
| third-person singular present | imprisons |
|---|---|
| present participle | imprisoning |
| past participle | imprisoned |
| past | imprisoned |
| alternative form (obsolete) | emprison |
Origin of imprison
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.
Words formed from imprison
Words that rhyme with imprison
Questions about imprison
- What does imprison mean?
- Imprison means to put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
- What is imprison in Hindi?
- Imprison in Hindi is मूँदना (mū̃dnā). See Imprison meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is imprison?
- Imprison is a verb.
- How do you pronounce imprison?
- Imprison is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹɪzən/.
- What is the past tense of imprison?
- The past tense of imprison is imprisoned.
Words near imprison in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: imprison (page history and authors); मूँदना (Hindi) (page history and authors); imprison (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بند کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Imprison (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imprison (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imprison (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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