Word: emprison
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: em
pris
on
Definition: obsolete form of imprison; lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Morphemes:
Affix: em-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Affix: prison
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To imprison; confine as if in a prison
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prehensiōnem
Language: la
Decoded: prehensionem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing