to imprison to confine

  • 61shut — [c]/ʃʌt / (say shut) verb (shut, shutting) –verb (t) 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. Also, shut up. to close the doors of: shut up the shop. 3. to close by folding or bringing the parts together: shut your… …

  • 62enclose — I verb blockade, bound, bracket, capture, cingere, circumscribe, circumvallate, close in, compass, confine, contain, embrace, encase, encincture, encircle, encompass, enfold, envelop, environ, fence in, gird, girdle, hem in, immure, impound,… …

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  • 63immure — I verb cast into prison, commit to an institution, commit to prison, confine, constrain, detain, encage, enclose, enclose within walls, entomb, gate, hold, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold in check, hold within bounds, impound, imprison,… …

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  • 64shut — /shut/, v., shut, shutting, adj., n. v.t. 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its… …

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  • 65constrain — I (compel) verb actuate, apply pressure, assert oneself, bring about by force, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause to, charge, coerce, cogere, command, command influence, compel, compellere, decree, demand, dominate, drive, enforce,… …

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  • 66enclose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To shut in all around] Syn. confine, contain, surround, hem in, encircle, encompass, envelop, close in, shut in, circumscribe, corral, impound, blockade, picket, block off, fence in, fence off, set apart, lock up, imprison,… …

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  • 67put away — verb 1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (Freq. 2) The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend She locked her jewels in the safe • Syn: ↑lock in, ↑lock away, ↑lock, ↑shut up, ↑ …

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  • 68arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… …

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  • 69commit — com·mit vb com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting vt 1 a: to put into another s charge or trust: entrust consign committed her children to her sister s care b: to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order was found to be gravely …

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  • 70circumscribe — I (define) verb border, circumscribere, definire, delimit, delineate, demarcate, demark, determine, distinguish, establish, outline II (surround by boundary) verb begird, belt, border, bound, circuit, circumvallate, cloister, close around, close… …

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