Past tense of incarcerate
regular verb
The past tense of incarcerate is incarcerated. The past participle is also incarcerated.
Forms of incarcerate
| Base form (V1) | incarcerate /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | incarcerated |
| Past participle (V3) | incarcerated |
| Present participle | incarcerating |
| Third person singular | incarcerates |
Incarcerated in a sentence
- Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated, but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, “Life in a Russian Prison”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, retrieved 24...
- In 2021, a judge found that Angola was providing inadequate medical care to its incarcerated population.2025 September 3, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devon M. Sayers, “Trump administration to open new ICE facility at notorious Louisiana prison”, in CNN
- Many of the J6ers had never been incarcerated before, and jail came as a shock.2024 September 16, Hanna Rosin, “The Insurrectionists Next Door”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry J6er
- Some husbands are too lordful over their wives and make them feel incarcerated in their marriage.2015, Daniel G. McCrillis, Th. D., Biblical Psychology: A Biblical Hand-book to the Human Mind. From the entry lordful
- From his cell, Aquino led the People's Power movement and ran for president despite being incarcerated.2010, Gary Poole, PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao, page 27. From the entry ring up
Meaning of incarcerate
- verb To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
- verb To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
- adjective Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in.
Questions about the past tense of incarcerate
- What is the past tense of incarcerate?
- The past tense of incarcerate is incarcerated.
- What is the past participle of incarcerate?
- The past participle of incarcerate is incarcerated.
- Is incarcerate a regular or irregular verb?
- Incarcerate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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