imprisoned

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

imprisoned
    adj 1: being in captivity [syn: {captive}, {confined},
           {imprisoned}, {jailed}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Imprison \Im*pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprisoned}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Imprisoning}.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F.
   emprisonner; pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See
   {Prison}.]
   1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody;
      to confine.
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            He imprisoned was in chains remediless. --Spenser.
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   2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.
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            Try to imprison the resistless wind.  --Dryden.

   Syn: To incarcerate; confine; immure.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "imprisoned":
      barred, behind bars, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded,
      bound, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped,
      cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, enclosed,
      fenced, hedged, hemmed, immured, in captivity, in durance vile,
      in prison, in stir, incarcerated, jailed, leaguered, locked up,
      mewed, paled, penned, pent-up, quarantined, railed, restrained,
      shut-in, walled, walled-in