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Definition of Imprisoned
1. Adjective. Being in captivity.
Similar to: Unfree
Derivative terms: Captive, Captive, Captive, Captivity, Captivity
Definition of Imprisoned
1. Verb. (past of imprison) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imprisoned
1. imprison [v] - See also: imprison
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imprisoned
Literary usage of Imprisoned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"The episcopal registrar, John Woods of Kirk Malew, was twice imprisoned (1720
and 1721) for refusing to act without the bishop's direction. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The judgment was that the petitioner, Hans Nielsen, baring been convicted of the
crime of adultery, be imprisoned in the penitentiary of the Territory for ..."
3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"The apostles never imprisoned any, but were imprisoned themselves. ... If the
love of God had broken your hearts, ye would not have imprisoned me; ..."
4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... a Member of Congress, fined and imprisoned—Petitioners for his Release found
Guilty of Sedition. fined and imprisoned—Holt, Publisher of New London Bee, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Thus the State issued dogmatic decrees, the force of which had been anticipated
earlier, as when Jacques Gouet was imprisoned on charges of impiety in June, ..."
6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"Debtors imprisoned in New York in a state prison for a term less than their
natural lives, or imprisoned in any penitentiary or to ..."
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