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immure
[ ih-myoor ]
verb (used with object)
- to enclose within walls.
- to shut in; seclude or confine.
- to imprison.
- to build into or entomb in a wall.
- Obsolete. to surround with walls; fortify.
immure
/ ɪˈmjʊə /
verb
- archaic.to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison
- to shut (oneself) away from society
- obsolete.to build into or enclose within a wall
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Derived Forms
- imˈmurement, noun
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Other Words From
- im·murement im·mu·ra·tion [im-y, uh, -, rey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- self-im·murement noun
- self-im·muring adjective
- unim·mured adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of immure1
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Example Sentences
It never forged a chain to bind a heretic or an adversary, nor erected a prison to immure him.
Some of the consignees were mobbed, and all were obliged to fly to the castle, and there immure themselves.
I will immure myself against your cries, and lock myself up to your lamentations.
But it was affrighting to realize that the very physical feature which provided a refuge might also immure them in a living tomb.
She was not one of those napkin people who hide their talents, or who immure their lights under superincumbent bushels.
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