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Intern v. t.

To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

To hold until the end of a war, as enemy citizens in a country at the time of outbreak of hostilities; an action performed by countries.

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Etymology of 'Intern'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... for only by Home Rule could India, she declared, "be saved from ruin, from becoming a nation of coolies for the enrichment of others." Access to some of the provinces was denied to her by Provincial Governments, and the Government of Madras decided to "intern" her. The "internment" meant merely that she transferred her residence and most of her activities from Madras to Ootacamund, the summer quarters of the Madras Government, where she hoisted the Home Rule flag on her house and continued to direct the Home Rule movement as vigorously as ever. But in ...

— India, Old and New • Sir Valentine Chirol

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