Part 5638

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Imprimis</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pri"mis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L., for <ets>in primis</ets> among the first, chiefly; <ets>in</ets> in + <ets>primus</ets> first.]</ety> <def>In the first place; first in order.</def>

<h1>Imprint</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*print"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imptrinted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imprinting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>emprenten</ets>, F. <ets>empreint</ets>, p. p. of <ets>empreindre</ets> to imprint, fr. L. <ets>imprimere</ets> to impres, imprint. See 1st <er>In-</er>, <er>Print</er>, and cf. <er>Impress</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.</def>

<blockquote>And sees his num'rous herds <b>imprint</b> her sands. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).</def>

<blockquote>Nature <b>imprints</b> upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free." <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.</def>

<blockquote>Ideas of those two different things distinctly <b>imprinted</b> on his mind. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Imprint</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im"print</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>empreinte</ets> impress, stamp. See <er>Imprint</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.</def> "That <i>imprint</i> of their hands."

<i>Buckle.</i>

<h1>Imprison</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pris"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imprisoned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imprisoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>enprisonen</ets>, OF. <ets>enprisoner</ets>, F. <ets>emprisonner</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + F. & OF. <ets>prison</ets>. See <er>Prison</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>imprisoned</b> was in chains remediles. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.</def>

<blockquote>Try to <b>imprison</b> the resistless wind. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To incarcerate; confine; immure.</syn>

<h1>Imprisoner</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pris"on*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who imprisons.</def>

<h1>Imprison ment</h1> <Xpage=739>

<hw>Im*pris"on ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>enprisonment</ets>; F. <ets>emprisonnement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.</def>

<blockquote>His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long <b>imprisonment</b> and hard constraint. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Every confinement of the person is an <b>imprisonment</b>, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>False imprisonment</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>False</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.</syn>