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verb
- 1. enclose or confine (someone) against their will: "her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum"
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1. a. : to enclose within or as if within walls. b. : imprison. 2. : to build into a wall. especially : to entomb in a wall. immurement. i-ˈmyu̇r-mənt. noun. Did you know? Like mural, immure comes from murus, a Latin noun that means "wall." Immurare, a Medieval Latin verb, was formed from murus and the prefix in - (meaning "in" or "within").
IMMURE definition: 1. to put someone inside something such as a prison or tomb (= a place where dead bodies are…. Learn more.
Immure definition: to enclose within walls.. See examples of IMMURE used in a sentence.
When you immure someone or something, you put it behind a wall, as in a jail or some other kind of confining space.
to put someone inside something such as a prison or tomb (= a place where dead bodies are buried) and keep them there: The aristocracy chose to immure its dead in church vaults or specially constructed mausoleums. The false uncle sealed the mouth of the underground chamber and immured Aladdin in the darkness.
Definition of immure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
immure in British English. (ɪˈmjʊə ) verb (transitive) 1. archaic or literary. to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison. 2. to shut (oneself) away from society. 3. obsolete or technical term. to build into or enclose within a wall.
Jun 2, 2024 · immure (third-person singular simple present immures, present participle immuring, simple past and past participle immured) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
Define immure. immure synonyms, immure pronunciation, immure translation, English dictionary definition of immure. tr.v. im·mured , im·mur·ing , im·mures 1. To confine within or as if within walls; imprison. 2. To build into a wall: immure a shrine. 3. To entomb in a...
Noun. Filter. verb. immured, immures, immuring. To shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine, or seclude. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To build into a wall. Immure a shrine. American Heritage. To entomb in a wall. Webster's New World.
