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Incarcerate   /ɪnkˈɑrsərˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Incarcerate  v. t.  (past & past part. incarcerated; pres. part. incarcerating)  
1.
To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
2.
To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.


adjective
incarcerated, incarcerate  adj.  Imprisoned.





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"Incarcerate" Quotes from Famous Books



... me up a little cold wine to start on," said Mr. Howard, as he rose languidly to incarcerate himself at the bidding of Mr. Vandeford. The same scene had been enacted between the two bright lights of American drama several times before with very good results. Mr. Howard's brain was of that peculiar caliber which does not originate an idea, but which inserts a ...
— Blue-grass and Broadway • Maria Thompson Daviess
... every corner they finally discovered a very old- fashioned pair of black satin, embroidered with carnations, and handed them to their mistress, who found a letter in one of the pockets, which contained more than would have been needed to incarcerate M. des Roches in one of the state prisons. She burned the letter at once, and so that gentleman was saved by his good friends the Sylph and ...
— The Queen Pedauque • Anatole France
... reprehensible offences that any citizen of a Commonwealth founded upon order and justice could commit, an act of such flagrant culpability that the Court, in the maintenance of its dignity and in the interest of the Commonwealth found it necessary to visit upon you punishment of great severity and incarcerate you in the gaol usually reserved for the most depraved malefactors. Intemperance is one of the most debasing of vices. It impairs the intellect and undermines the constitution. To the inhibition of Holy Writ is added the cumulative if inferential prohibition of the Law, which ...
— The Sheriffs Bluff - 1908 • Thomas Nelson Page


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