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noun
1.
Obsolete. a wall.
verb (used with object)
2.
to immure.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English muren (v.) < Middle French murer < Late Latin mūrāre verbal derivative of Latin mūrus wall
1400–50; late Middle English muren (v.) < Middle French murer < Late Latin mūrāre verbal derivative of Latin mūrus wall
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| mure (mjʊə) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) an archaic or literary word for immure | |
| [C14: from Old French murer, from Latin mūrus wall] | |
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