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imprison
What does imprison mean?
imprison (verb): lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use imprison in a sentence?
- Bodies imprison souls. (Tatoeba sentence #12213512 by Miktsoanit, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce imprison?
/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does imprison come from?
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of imprison?
Words related to imprison
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “imprison” mean?
to emit heat and light without a flame
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to sail about, especially for pleasure
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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Right! That's what “imprison” means.
state emphatically and authoritatively
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Which word is closest in meaning to “imprison”?
skip
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sink
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jail
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duck
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