v. t.
He imprisoned was in chains remediless. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Try to imprison the resistless wind. Dryden.
n. One who imprisons. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement. ] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]
His sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
False imprisonment. (Law)