to imprison to confine
11confine — 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,… …
12imprison — 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,… …
13confine — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French confines, plural, from Latin confine border, from neuter of confinis adjacent, from com + finis end Date: 15th century 1. plural a. something (as borders or walls) that… …
14imprison — verb we expect to imprison another two dozen individuals by the end of this month alone Syn: incarcerate, send to prison, jail, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold prisoner, hold captive; confine, shut up, cage; informal put behind bars Ant:… …
15imprison — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French emprisoner, from en + prison prison Date: 14th century to put in or as if in prison ; confine • imprisonment noun …
16imprison — imprisonable, adj. imprisoner, n. imprisonment, n. /im priz euhn/, v.t. to confine in or as if in a prison. [1250 1300; ME enprisonen < OF enprisoner, equiv. to en EN 1 + prison PRISON + er inf. suffix] Syn. 1. incarcerate, jail, re …
17imprison — verb To put in or as if in prison; confine. Syn: bang up, gaol, jail, lock up, put away, sent to the Tower …
18imprison — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
19confine — con·fine || kÉ’nfaɪn v. limit, restrict; imprison …
20imprison — im·pris·on || ɪm prɪzn v. put in prison, confine, jail, incarcerate …
