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immure

American  
[ih-myoor] / ɪˈmyʊər /

verb (used with object)

immured, immuring

  1. to enclose within walls.

  2. to shut in; seclude or confine.

  3. to imprison.

  4. to build into or entomb in a wall.

  5. Obsolete. to surround with walls; fortify.

immure British  
/ ɪˈmjʊə /

verb

  1. archaic to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison

  2. to shut (oneself) away from society

  3. obsolete to build into or enclose within a wall

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Other Word Forms

  • immuration noun
  • immurement noun
  • self-immurement noun
  • self-immuring adjective
  • unimmured adjective

Etymology

Origin of immure

1575–85; < Medieval Latin immūrāre, equivalent to Latin im- im- 1 + -mūrāre, verbal derivative of mūrus wall ( mural )

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