Dun"geon , v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.
Dun"geon (?), n. [OE.
donjoun highest tower of
a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of
a castle, turret, or closet on the
top of a house, a keep
of a castle,
LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain,
Demesne, Danger, Donjon.]
A close, dark prison, common&?;, under ground, as if
the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
Down with him even into
the deep dungeon.
Tyndale.
Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon.
Macaulay.
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