IMPRISONER
Im*pris"on*er, n.
Defn: One who imprisons.
IMPRISONMENT
Im*pris"on ment, n. Etym: [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.]
Defn: The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned;
confinement; restraint.
His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard
constraint. Spenser.
Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in
a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining
one in the public streets. Blackstone.
False imprisonment. (Law) See under False.
Syn.
— Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.
IMPROBABILITY Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Improbabilities. Etym: [Cf. F. improbabilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
IMPROBABLE Im*prob"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.]
Defn: Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. Milton. — Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. — Im*prob"a*bly, adv.
IMPROBATE Im"pro*bate, v. t. Etym: [L. improbatus, p. p. of improbare to disapprove; pref. im- not + probare to approve.]