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to imprison
01
to put someone in prison or keep them somewhere and not let them go
Transitive: to imprison a convict
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
imprison
3rd person singular
imprisons
present participle
imprisoning
past simple
imprisoned
past participle
imprisoned
Examples
The court decided to imprison the convicted felon for a term of ten years.
02
to restrict, limit, or confine someone or something
Transitive: to imprison sb somewhere
Examples
He was imprisoned in a small room without windows for hours.
Lexical Tree
imprisoned
imprisonment
imprison
