Prison
Prison (?; 277) , noun
[French, from Latin prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, from prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile, and compare Prize, n., Misprision.]
1.
A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o{not transcribed} confinement, restraint, or safe custody.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name.
The tyrant Aeolus,...
With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds,
And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds.
2.
Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.
Collocations (5)
Prison bars or Prison base , See Base, n., 24.
Prison house , a prison. — Shakespeare
Prison ship (Nautical) , a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners.
Prison van , a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison.
Prison , transitive verb
1.
To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
The prisoned eagle dies for rage.
His true respect will prison false desire.
2.
To bind (together); to enchain. [Obsolete]
Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led
Together prisoned.