incarcerate

  • 31incarcerate — v.tr. imprison or confine. Derivatives: incarceration n. incarcerator n. Etymology: med.L incarcerare (as IN (2), L carcer prison) …

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  • 32command to incarcerate — index mittimus Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 33Incarcerated — Incarcerate In*car cer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incarcerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incarcerating}.] [Pref. in in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.… …

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  • 34incarcerated — incarcerate in*car cer*ate, incarcerated in*car cer*at*ed, a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 35Incarcerated hernia — Incarcerate In*car cer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incarcerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incarcerating}.] [Pref. in in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.… …

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  • 36Incarcerating — Incarcerate In*car cer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incarcerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incarcerating}.] [Pref. in in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.… …

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  • 37incarceration — incarcerate ► VERB ▪ imprison or confine. DERIVATIVES incarceration noun. ORIGIN Latin incarcerare, from carcer prison …

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  • 38imprison — imprison, incarcerate, jail, immure, intern mean to confine closely so that escape is impossible or unlikely. The first three words imprison, incarcerate, jail imply a shutting up in or as if in a prison, imprison being the general term,… …

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  • 39imprison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. lock up, confine, detain; hold, jail, incarcerate. See circumscription, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jail, confine, incarcerate, lock up, coop up, immure, impound, detain, keep in, hold,… …

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  • 40confine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. imprison, incarcerate, immure, jail, detain; cage, pen; restrict, bound, limit. See circumscription, enclosure, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To keep shut up] Syn. imprison, immure, shut in,… …

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