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imprisonest

imprisonest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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

Origin of imprisonest

imprison + -est

Questions about imprisonest

What is imprisonest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Imprisonest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of imprison.

Words near imprisonest in the dictionary

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

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