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incarcerate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare (to imprison), from Latin in (in) + carcer (a prison), meaning "put behind lines (bars)" – Latin root is of a lattice or grid. Related to cancel (cross out with lines) and chancel (area behind a lattice).

See also carcerate and cancer.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?n?k??.s???e?t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?n?k??.s???e?t/

Verb

incarcerate (third-person singular simple present incarcerates, present participle incarcerating, simple past and past participle incarcerated)

  1. To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
    • 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
      Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated, but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.
  2. To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

Usage notes

As a Latinate term, somewhat formal, compared to imprison.

Synonyms

  • imprison
  • jail

Derived terms

  • incarceration

Related terms

  • carceral
  • carcerate
  • decarcerate

Translations

Further reading

  • incarcerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • incarcerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

incarcerate

  1. second-person plural present of incarcerare
  2. second-person plural imperative of incarcerare
  3. feminine plural past participle of incarcerare

Anagrams

  • accentrerai

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indict

English

Etymology

From Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indict?re, from Latin in- + dict?re. Doublet of indite.

The irregular spelling is due to the word having been borrowed into Middle English from Old French, and not from Latin as was the case with most other descendants of dict?re (but see dight). The borrowed /i?/ regularly shifted to /a?/ in the course of the Great Vowel Shift; the "c" represents a later attempt at graphic Latinisation.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?t
  • (US) IPA(key): /??n?da?t/
  • Homophone: indite

Verb

indict (third-person singular simple present indicts, present participle indicting, simple past and past participle indicted)

  1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
  2. (law) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

Derived terms

  • indictable
  • indictment


Translations

See also

  • indite

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