incarcerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
    • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
    • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

WordNet

In*car"cer*ate transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Incarcerated ; present participle & verbal noun Incarcerating
Definitions
  1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or priso.
  2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
In*car"cer*ate adjective
Definitions
  1. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More.

Webster 1913