About The Word Immure
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Immure
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What's The Definition Of Immure?
[v] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Immure: gaol | imprison | incarcerate | jail | jug | lag | put away | put behind bars | remand Related Terms | Find terms related to Immure: bastille | bolt in | bottle up | box in | box up | cabin | cage | casket | cast in prison | check | clap in jail | clap up | cloister | closet | coffin | confine | constrain | coop | coop in | coop up | cork up | corral | cramp | crib | detain | encage | encase | enclose | entomb | fence | fence in | gaol | hedge | hem | hem in | hold | hold captive | hold in captivity | hold in custody | hold in restraint | hold prisoner | impound | imprison | incarcerate | inhibit | intern | jail | jug | keep in | keep in custody | keep in detention | lock in | lock up | mew | mew up | pen | pen up | pound | prison | quod | rail in | restrain | restrict | seal up | shackle | shut in | shut up | straiten | throw into jail | wall | wall in Immure In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Im*mure"\, n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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