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imprisoned

/ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/

imprisoned is the simple past and past participle 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

Words formed from imprisoned

Questions about imprisoned

What is imprisoned the simple past and past participle of?
Imprisoned is the simple past and past participle of imprison.
How do you pronounce imprisoned?
Imprisoned is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/.

Words near imprisoned in the dictionary

  1. imprints
  2. imprints on
  3. imprison
  4. imprison'd
  5. imprisonable
  6. imprisoned
  7. imprisoner
  8. imprisoners
  9. imprisonest
  10. imprisoneth
  11. imprisoning

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