Try to imprison the resistless wind.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To incarcerate; confine; immure.
Im*pris"on*er (?), n. One who imprisons.
Im*pris"on ment (?), n. [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.] 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.
Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Improbabilities (#). [Cf. F.
improbabilité.] The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood;
also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
Im*prob"a*ble (?), a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis
probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.] 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.
Im"pro*bate (?), v. t. [L. improbatus, p. p. of improbare to
disapprove; pref. im- not + probare to approve.] To disapprove of; to
disallow. [Obs.]
Im`pro*ba"tion (?), n. [L. improbatio.] 1. The act of disapproving;
disapprobation.
2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an
action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false
or forged. Bell.
{ Im"pro*ba*tive (?), Im"pro*ba`to*ry (?) }, a. Implying, or tending
to, improbation.
Im*prob"i*ty (?), n. [L. improbitas; pref. im- not + probitas probity:
cf. F. improbité.] Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude;
dishonesty.
Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity.
Hooker.
{ Im`pro*fi"cience (?), Im`pro*fi"cien*cy, } n. Want of proficiency.
[R.] Bacon.
Im*prof"it*a*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + profitable: cf. F.
improfitable.] Unprofitable. [Obs.]
Im`pro*gress"ive (?), a. Not progressive. De Quincey. --
Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv.
Im`pro*lif"ic (?), a. [Pref. im- not + prolific: cf. F. improlifique.]
Not prolific. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.
Im`pro*lif"ic*ate (?), v. t. [Pref. im- in + prolificate.] To
impregnate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Im*prompt" (?), a. Not ready. [R.] Sterne.
Im*promp"tu (?), adv. or a. [F. impromptu, fr. L. in promptu in
readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility, readiness, from
promptus visible, ready. See Prompt.] Offhand; without previous study;
extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
Im*promp"tu, n. 1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or
without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or
remark.
2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in
the style of an extempore piece.
Im*prop"er (?), a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im- not +
proprius proper. See Proper.] 1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted
to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;
inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought,
behavior, language, dress.
Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, Improper for a slave.
Shak.
And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to their
improper, Ill.
Pope.