enjail

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verb

To put in jail.

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imprisonjail
OriginEnglish jail ← Middle English en- ← Old French en- →
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Meanings

verbenjail (third-person singular simple present enjails, present participle enjailing, simple past and past participle enjailed)

present singular third person enjails · participle present enjailing · participle past enjailed · past enjailed · alternative engaol

  1. transitiveTo put in jail.

    Synonyms: imprison, jail

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo put in jail.

Similar
imprisonjail

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishjail
  9. Englishenjail

From en- + jail.

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APA

enjail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjail

MLA

“enjail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjail. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enjail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjail.

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