Incarcerate Definition
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
Origin of Incarcerate
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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”).
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Medieval Latin incarcerāre incarcerāt- Latin in- in in–2 Latin carcer prison
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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See also carcerate and cancer.
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