interned

Verb (1)

intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

1. (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
   • The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
   1. (transitive, especially a neutral state) To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
      • The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
2. (transitive) To internalize.
   • Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code.2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook, page 81

Verb (2)

intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

1. (intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
   • I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.

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