incarcerate

== English == === Alternative forms === encarcerate === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/ === Verb === incarcerate (third-person singular simple present incarcerates, present participle incarcerating, simple past and past participle incarcerated) (chiefly US, transitive) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. Synonyms: imprison, jail (transitive) To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in. ==== Usage notes ==== As a Latinate term, somewhat formal, compared to imprison. However, the term is, even in casual settings, used chiefly and frequently in the United States. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === incarcerate (not comparable) (obsolete as a participle, archaic as a participial adjective) Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in. === Further reading === “incarcerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “incarcerate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Verb === incarcerate inflection of incarcerare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative feminine plural past participle === Anagrams === accentrerai