immure Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
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Definitions
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To wall around; to surround with walls. Obs. Sandys. -
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
A wall; an inclosure. Obs. Shak.