immure
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.
Origin of immure
1Other words from immure
- im·mure·ment, im·mu·ra·tion [im-yuh-rey-shuhn], /ˌɪm yəˈreɪ ʃən/, noun
- self-im·mure·ment, noun
- self-im·mur·ing, adjective
- un·im·mured, adjective
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How to use immure in a sentence
I waited for him to begin, but he could not, whether from surprise or loss of readiness through such long immurement.
The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge BlackmoreAt the conclusion of this half century's immurement what would the world say to the Polish composer's music?
Old Fogy | James HunekerThenceforward Ernesta had but one thought, that of saving her daughter from that awful life of immurement and entombment.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete | Emile ZolaWhen this cell of immurement (reclusorium) was ready, the mind in Romuald was so that it scarcely could be imprisoned.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorEven the ordinary secret sin corrodes the heart by its immurement, and the sin of Logs house was not an ordinary one.
The Court of Cacus | Alexander Leighton
British Dictionary definitions for immure
/ (ɪˈmjʊə) /
archaic, or literary to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison
to shut (oneself) away from society
obsolete to build into or enclose within a wall
Origin of immure
1Derived forms of immure
- immurement, noun
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