intern
verb /ɪnˈtɜːn/
  /ɪnˈtɜːrn/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intern |    /ɪnˈtɜːn/   /ɪnˈtɜːrn/  | 
| he / she / it interns |    /ɪnˈtɜːnz/   /ɪnˈtɜːrnz/  | 
| past simple interned |    /ɪnˈtɜːnd/   /ɪnˈtɜːrnd/  | 
| past participle interned |    /ɪnˈtɜːnd/   /ɪnˈtɜːrnd/  | 
| -ing form interning |    /ɪnˈtɜːnɪŋ/   /ɪnˈtɜːrnɪŋ/  | 
- to put somebody in prison during a war or for political reasons, although they have not been charged with a crime
- be interned (in something) They were interned by the government for the duration of the war.
 
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘internal’): from French interne (adjective), interner (verb), from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’. Current senses date from the 19th cent.