imprisonment English · revision 15217

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1292}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|enprisonment]], [[bor|xno|emprisonement]] (Old French [[m|fro|emprisonnement|t=capture, imprisonment]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|fro|emprisoner]] (see [[imprison]]) and [[m|fro|-ment]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned: 1292 in the OED;^(OED 1989) the late 14th century in Etymonline, with the Anglo-French word from the 13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Transferred and figurative uses, confinement of any kind, are from 1576.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1292 – imprisonment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1576 – figurative confinement.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of putting someone in [[prison]], or the state of being imprisoned.^(OED 1989)^(LDOCE 2009)

+ # Confinement or restraint of any kind.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reimprisonment]]

+ * [[false imprisonment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[imprison]]

+ * [[prison]]

+ * [[prisoner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}