immure

  • 21immure — v enclose, inclose, wall up or in, board up, close up or in; pen or pen in, coop or coop up, cage, encage; shut up or in, impound, confine, put into confinement; hold captive, hold, keep in custody, detain; imprison, put in prison, jail, put in… …

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  • 22immure — im·mure …

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  • 23immure — im•mure [[t]ɪˈmyʊər[/t]] v. t. mured, mur•ing 1) to enclose within or as if within walls 2) to imprison 3) to build into or entomb in a wall • Etymology: 1575–85; < ML immūrāre= L im I+ mūrāre, v. der. of mūrus wall (cf. mural) im•mure′ment,… …

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  • 24immure — /ɪˈmjuə / (say i myoohuh) verb (t) (immured, immuring) 1. to enclose within walls. 2. to shut in; confine. 3. to imprison. 4. to build into or entomb in a wall. 5. Obsolete to surround with walls; fortify. {Medieval Latin immūrāre, from Latin im… …

  • 25immure —   v.t. imprison; entomb …

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  • 26immure — see MURAL …

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  • 27immure — v.tr. 1 enclose within walls; imprison. 2 refl. shut oneself away. Derivatives: immurement n. Etymology: F emmurer or med.L immurare (as IN (2), murus wall) …

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  • 28immure oneself — shut oneself up …

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  • 29Immured — Immure Im*mure , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immuring}.] [Pref. im in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.] 1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to …

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  • 30Immuring — Immure Im*mure , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immuring}.] [Pref. im in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.] 1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to …

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