Hyphenation of imprison

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word imprison? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

im-prison

Definitions of imprison:

1.	Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail The suspects were imprisoned without trial The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
2.	Confine as if in a prison His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house He does not let them go out without a chaperone

Synonyms of imprison:

verb	incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand, confine, detain
verb	confine, detain

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.