imprison

verb/ɐpɾiziʊˈnaɾ/medium

a·pri·si·o·nar

Definitions

1To put or keep in prison; to deprive of liberty.

The rebels were captured and imprisoned by the government forces.

He felt imprisoned by his own fears and anxieties.

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ant

2To capture and hold the attention or imagination.

The story completely imprisoned her imagination.

His eyes imprisoned her gaze.

syn

De 'a-' + 'prisão' + sufixo '-ar'.