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incarcerate (v.)
"imprison, shut up in jail," 1550s, a back-formation from
incarceration
(q.v.), or else from Medieval Latin
incarceratus
, past participle of
incarcerare
"to imprison." Related:
Incarcerated
;
incarcerating
.
