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in|car´cer|a´tor — in|car|cer|ate «ihn KAHR suh rayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. –v.t. to imprison; confine. –adj. Archaic. imprisoned; confined; shut in. ╂[< Medieval Latin … Useful english dictionary
in|car´cer|a´tion — in|car|cer|ate «ihn KAHR suh rayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. –v.t. to imprison; confine. –adj. Archaic. imprisoned; confined; shut in. ╂[< Medieval Latin … Useful english dictionary
ate — ab·bre·vi·ate; ac·cel·er·ate; acra·ni·ate; ac·u·ate; acu·le·ate; ac·yl·ate; adul·ter·ate; af·fec·tion·ate; af·fil·i·ate; ag·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·kyl·ate; al·lit·er·ate; am·mo·ni·ate; ap·pro·pri·ate; ar·che·go·ni·ate; as·cid·i·ate; as·per·ate;… … English syllables
incarcerate — in·car·cer·ate … English syllables
incarcerate — in•car•cer•ate [[t]ɪnˈkɑr səˌreɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to imprison; confine 2) to enclose; constrict closely • Etymology: 1520–30; < ML incarcerāre to imprison in•car cer•a′tion, n. in•car′cer•a tive, adj … From formal English to slang
incarcerate — in*car cer*ate, incarcerated in*car cer*at*ed, a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incarcerated — incarcerate in*car cer*ate, incarcerated in*car cer*at*ed, a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incarcerate — in|car|cer|ate [ ın karsə,reıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to put someone in prison: IMPRISON ╾ in|car|cer|a|tion [ ın,karsə reıʃn ] noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
incarcerate — in·car·cer·ate /in kär sə ˌrāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing [Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare, from in in + carcer prison]: imprison in·car·ce·ra·tion /in ˌkär sə rā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary