incarcerated

3 definitions found

incarcerated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Incarcerate \In*car"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Incarcerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating.] [Pref. in-
     in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr.
     carcer prison.]
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     1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
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     2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
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     Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the
        constriction can not be easily reduced.
        [1913 Webster] incarcerate

  incarcerate \in*car"cer*ate\, incarcerated \in*car"cer*at*ed\,
     a.
     Imprisoned. --Dr. H. More.
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incarcerated - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "incarcerated":
     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, imprisoned, in captivity,
     in durance vile, in prison, in stir, jailed, leaguered, locked up,
     mewed, paled, penned, pent-up, quarantined, railed, restrained,
     shut-in, walled, walled-in