Definition of Incarcerate

1. Verb. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. "They want to incarcerate the prisoners "; "The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

Exact synonyms: Gaol, Immure, Imprison, Jail, Jug, Lag, Put Away, Put Behind Bars, Remand
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Confine, Detain
Derivative terms: Gaol, Gaoler, Immurement, Imprisonment, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Jail, Jailer, Jailor, Remand

Definition of Incarcerate

1. v. t. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.

2. a. Imprisoned.

Definition of Incarcerate

1. Verb. To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. ¹

2. Verb. To confine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incarcerate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Incarcerate

1. 1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or priso. 2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. Incarcerated hernia, hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced. Origin: Pref. In- in + L. Carceratus, p. P. Of carcerare to imprison, fr. Carcer prison. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incarcerate

incapacitated
incapacitates
incapacitating
incapacitation
incapacitations
incapacitative
incapacities
incapacity
incapsulate
incapsulated
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incapsulating
incapsulation
incapsulations
incarcerable
incarcerate (current term)
incarcerated
incarcerated hernia
incarcerated placenta
incarcerates
incarcerating
incarceration
incarceration symptom
incarcerations
incarcerator
incardinate
incardinated
incardinates
incardinating
incardination

Literary usage of Incarcerate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction, British and American by Ernest Albert Baker (1903)
"1900. mother manages to incarcerate him in a lunatic asylum. This unscrupulous lady, A domestic story. The son is a Christian Socialist, and his purse-proud ..."

2. Wykeham's Register by Thomas Frederick Kirby (1899)
"r. of Holy Trinity, Guildford, to claim clerks incarcerate in Guildford gaol.—Waltham 20 Dec., 1399. Licence granted to Thomas ..."

3. Posthumous Memoirs of Karoline Bauer: From the German by Karoline Bauer (1884)
"... stubborn girl and a silly fool," who merely owed it to his indulgence that he did not incarcerate her for the rest of her life—adding that she should ..."

4. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1843)
"... the Lord Ordinary, in terms of the opinions of the Court, found the cautioners free of their bond, and granted warrant to incarcerate the defender in ..."

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