mure
Obsolete. a wall.
to immure.
Origin of mure
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How to use mure in a sentence
We had in our hospital men from the invaded countries without news of wives and families mured up behind that iron veil.
Another Sheaf | John Galsworthy"I know all these things," she sadly mur-mured, the tears welling in her eyes.
A Difficult Problem | Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)But Marguerite was of no mind to be mured up in an Irish country house, with perhaps an occasional trip to Dublin.
Superwomen | Albert Payson TerhuneYou suffered me to be taken prisoner out of your tent, and mured up among rude and desperate men in a dungeon.
The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3) | James HoggPerhaps it was because of this that Brother Sebastian had been mured up in the capital two-thirds of his life.
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British Dictionary definitions for mure
/ (mjʊə) /
(tr) an archaic or literary word for immure
Origin of mure
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