immure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    incarcerate; jug; remand; lag; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
    • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
    • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

WordNet


Im*mure" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Immured ; present participle & verbal noun Immuring
Definitions
  1. To wall around; to surround with walls. Obs. Sandys.
  2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
    Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. Shak.
    This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round. Milton.
Im*mure" noun
Definitions
  1. A wall; an inclosure. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913