encarcerate

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A form of incarcerate — To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbencarcerate (third-person singular simple present encarcerates, present participle encarcerating, simple past and past participle encarcerated)

present singular third person encarcerates · participle present encarcerating · participle past encarcerated · past encarcerated

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of incarcerate
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APA

encarcerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encarcerate

MLA

“encarcerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encarcerate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encarcerate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encarcerate.

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