Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to incarcerate
Participle: incarcerated
Gerund: incarcerating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | incarcerate |
| you | incarcerate |
| he;she;it | incarcerates |
| we | incarcerate |
| you | incarcerate |
| they | incarcerate |
Perfect
| I | have incarcerated |
| you | have incarcerated |
| he;she;it | has incarcerated |
| we | have incarcerated |
| you | have incarcerated |
| they | have incarcerated |
Past
| I | incarcerated |
| you | incarcerated |
| he;she;it | incarcerated |
| we | incarcerated |
| you | incarcerated |
| they | incarcerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had incarcerated |
| you | had incarcerated |
| he;she;it | had incarcerated |
| we | had incarcerated |
| you | had incarcerated |
| they | had incarcerated |
Future
| I | will incarcerate |
| you | will incarcerate |
| he;she;it | will incarcerate |
| we | will incarcerate |
| you | will incarcerate |
| they | will incarcerate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have incarcerated |
| you | will have incarcerated |
| he;she;it | will have incarcerated |
| we | will have incarcerated |
| you | will have incarcerated |
| they | will have incarcerated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | incarcerate |
| you | incarcerate |
| he;she;it | incarcerate |
| we | incarcerate |
| you | incarcerate |
| they | incarcerate |
Perfect
| I | have incarcerated |
| you | have incarcerated |
| he;she;it | have incarcerated |
| we | have incarcerated |
| you | have incarcerated |
| they | have incarcerated |
Imperfect
| I | incarcerated |
| you | incarcerated |
| he;she;it | incarcerated |
| we | incarcerated |
| you | incarcerated |
| they | incarcerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had incarcerated |
| you | had incarcerated |
| he;she;it | had incarcerated |
| we | had incarcerated |
| you | had incarcerated |
| they | had incarcerated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would incarcerate |
| you | would incarcerate |
| he;she;it | would incarcerate |
| we | would incarcerate |
| you | would incarcerate |
| they | would incarcerate |
Perfect
| I | would have incarcerated |
| you | would have incarcerated |
| he;she;it | would have incarcerated |
| we | would have incarcerated |
| you | would have incarcerated |
| they | would have incarcerated |
Imperative
| you | incarcerate |
| we | Let's incarcerate |
| you | incarcerate |
Verbs conjugated like 'incarcerate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'incarcerate'
carcerate,
decarcerate,
reincarcerate,
cancerate,
disincarcerate,
incardinate,
incarnate,
incinerate,
incorporate,
increate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Sample Sentences
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Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated, but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights. [2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, “Life in a Russian Prison”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, retrieved 24 Sep 2013:]
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In 2021, a judge found that Angola was providing inadequate medical care to its incarcerated population. [2025 September 3, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devon M. Sayers, “Trump administration to open new ICE facility at notorious Louisiana prison”, in CNN:]