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Definition of Imprisons
1. imprison [v] - See also: imprison
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imprisons
Literary usage of Imprisons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"XXIII. He keeps the forests in lii.-s hands. General homage done to him.
He imprisons K:in dolf Flam- bard and recalls ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1834)
"... threatens to carry off the Fleet, and imprisons lite Officer sent to arrest
him —He is succeeded in the command by Admiral Napier—Expedition from Oporto ..."
3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"His favorite Pursuits—His Disposition to Favoritism—Character of Albany and Mar,
the King's Brothers— The King imprisons them on suspicion—Albany ..."
4. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"His favorite Pursuits—His Disposition to Favoritism—Character of Albany and Mar,
the King's Brothers— The King imprisons them on suspicion—Albany ..."
5. An Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the American Colonies: Being by George Chalmers (1845)
"The Assembly imprisons the King's Officers, and is dissolved. IN North Carolina
disorder is said to have continued its natural progress from the epoch of ..."
6. An Account of the European Settlements in America: Containing an Accurate by Edmund Burke, William Burke (1808)
"Cortes imprisons Montezuma—That Prince's Stratagem to gain hi» Liberty; the
consequence of it. BEFORE Cortes began his expedition to Mexico, he had built a ..."
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