Main Entry: in·car·cer·ate

Pronunciation: \in-ˈkär-sə-ˌrāt\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): in·car·cer·at·ed; in·car·cer·at·ing

Etymology: Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare, from in- + carcer prison

Date: 1560

1 : to put in prison
2 : to subject to confinement

— in·car·cer·a·tion \(ˌ)in-ˌkär-sə-ˈrā-shən\ noun