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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Imprisoning.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.
     emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See
     Prison.]
     1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;
        to confine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He imprisoned was in chains remediless. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Try to imprison the resistless wind.  --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Imprisoning.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.
     emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See
     Prison.]
     1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;
        to confine.
  
              He imprisoned was in chains remediles. --Spenser.
  
     2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
  
              Try to imprison the resistless wind.  --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  imprison
       v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
            imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was
            incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: incarcerate,
             lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol,
             put away, remand]
       2: confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually
          imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out
          without a chaperone"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     Αγγλικά vb.
     φυλακίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody
  against their will.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody
  against their will.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody
  against their will.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody
  against their will.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     Englanti vb.
     vangita, panna vankilaan

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imprison
     Engelska vb.
     fängsla

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/
  إسجن

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  imprison //ɪmˈpɹɪzən// 
  опандизвам
  put in prison

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/ 
  uvěznit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/ 
  caethiwo 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/ 
  carcharu 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/
  
  φυλακίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  imprison //ɪmˈpɹɪzən// 
  vangita
  put in prison

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/ 
  1. क़ैद करना
        "His uncle was imprisoned for fraud."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/
  uhapsiti, zatvoriti

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  imprison //ɪmˈpɹɪzən// 
  memenjarakan
  put in prison

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  imprison //ɪmˈpɹɪzən// 
  刑務所, 投獄, 閉じ込める
  put in prison

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  imprison /imprizn/
  gevangen zetten, opsluiten

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  imprison //ɪmˈpɹɪzən// 
  fengsle
  put in prison

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  imprison /ɪmˈprɪzən/ 
    uwięzić

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  imprison //ɪmˈpɹɪzən// 
  fängsla
  put in prison

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  imprison /ɪmpɹˈɪzən/
  1. hapsetmek, zindana kapamak. imprisoned  mahpus, hapiste olan. imprisonment  hapsetme, haps olunma
  2. mahpusluk, hapiste oluş.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪmˈpɹɪzən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "imprison":
     bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt in, bound,
     box in, cage, cast in prison, chamber, check, circumscribe,
     clap in jail, clap up, close in, compass, confine, constrain,
     contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, curb,
     detain, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, fence in, gaol,
     hedge in, hem in, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold prisoner,
     house in, immure, impound, incarcerate, include, intern, jail, jug,
     kennel, leaguer, limit, lock in, lock up, mew, mew up, pen, pen in,
     pocket, prison, put away, quarantine, quod, rail in, release,
     remand, restrain, restrict, send down, shrine, shut in, shut up,
     stable, surround, throw into jail, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 使...下狱,关闭,拘禁;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使下狱,关闭,拘禁,限制

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