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mure

[ myoor ]
/ myʊər /
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noun

Obsolete. a wall.

verb (used with object), mured, mur·ing.

to immure.

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Origin of mure

1400–50; late Middle English muren (v.) <Middle French murer<Late Latin mūrāre verbal derivative of Latin mūrus wall

Words nearby mure

Murder in the Cathedral, murderous, Murder will out, Murdoch, murdrum, mure, murein, Mures, murex, murexide, murexide test
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Words related to mure

encircle, insert, wrap, encompass, hem in, encase, fence, wall, bound, restrict, intern, circumscribe, imbue, veil, limit, pen, jail, circle, confine, impound

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British Dictionary definitions for mure

mure
/ (mjʊə) /

verb

(tr) an archaic or literary word for immure

Word Origin for mure

C14: from Old French murer, from Latin mūrus wall
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