prisoning
SayPRIZ-uh-ning/ˈpɹɪzənɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of prison.
Note
Behind this form is a verb spelled exactly like the noun prison, meaning simply to imprison. That verb is always transitive, so the participle needs an object: prisoning dissidents, never prisoning on its own. One spelling does two jobs. In "they kept prisoning critics" it works as a verb. In "prisoning protesters drew condemnation" it acts as a gerund, heading a noun phrase that can stand as subject.
prisoning is a form of prison
- Spelling
- prison → prisoning: add -ing
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