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im·mure

[i-myoor] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), -mured, -mur·ing.

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.

[Origin: 1575–85; < ML immūrāre, equiv. to L im- im-¹ + -mūrāre, v. deriv. of mūrus wall (cf. mural)

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—Related forms

im·mure·ment, im·mu·ra·tion

[im-yuh-rey-shuh

n] Pronunciation Key, noun

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im·mure (ĭ-myŏŏr') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. im·mured, im·mur·ing, im·mures

To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.
To build into a wall: immure a shrine.
To entomb in a wall.

[Medieval Latin immūrāre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin mūrus, wall.]

im·mure'ment n.

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immure

1583, from M.L. immurare, lit. "to shut up within walls," from L. in- "in" + murus "wall" (see mural)

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immure
verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

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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.

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.

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Immure

Im*mure"\, n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak.