incarcerate
[verb in-kahr-suh-reyt; adjective in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-reyt]
- to imprison; confine.
- to enclose; constrict closely.
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Origin of incarcerate
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Contemporary Examples
When he was first incarcerated, he says some sort of paperwork snafu had him imprisoned under two different, but similar, names.
But what about the philosophical beliefs of thousands of incarcerated pregnant women (PDF) across the United States?
The whole purpose of the gang is to generate money for its incarcerated leaders.
In recent years nearly one million African-Americans have been incarcerated at the federal, state or local levels.
One in three black men in America is incarcerated in his lifetime.
Historical Examples
Fraser was incarcerated in a quiet, very private asylum, and that was all.
The Floating Island of MadnessJason Kirby
It was written while she was incarcerated in the cell of a lonely prison.
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
How to escape from prison was ever the thoughts by day and dreams by night of the incarcerated.
ClotelleWilliam Wells Brown
I related, in a few words, who I was and how I came to be incarcerated.
He still didn't know why he was incarcerated, or what regulation he had broken.
Next Door, Next WorldRobert Donald Locke
incarcerate
- (tr) to confine or imprison
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Word Origin
C16: from Medieval Latin incarcerāre, from Latin in- ² + carcer prison
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Word Origin and History for incarcerated
incarcerate
v.
1550s, a back-formation from incarceration, or else from Medieval Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare "to imprison" (see incarceration). Related: Incarcerated; incarcerating.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
incarcerated
(ĭn-kär′sə-rā′tĭd)- Confined or trapped, as a hernia.
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