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- Dictionaryimmure/ɪˈmjʊə/
verb
- 1. enclose or confine (someone) against their will: "her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum"
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Immure means to put someone or something inside something and keep them there, or to limit or restrict them. Learn how to use this literary word with examples from literature and history, and find related words and phrases.
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to put someone inside something such as a prison or tomb (=...
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Immure means to enclose within or as if within walls, or to imprison or entomb. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and word history of immure from Merriam-Webster.
Immure definition: to enclose within walls.. See examples of IMMURE used in a sentence.
Immure means to put someone inside something such as a prison or tomb, or to keep someone or something within certain limits. Learn how to use this literary verb with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in different languages.
When you immure someone or something, you put it behind a wall, as in a jail or some other kind of confining space.
Immure means to confine within or as if within walls, or to build or entomb in a wall. Learn the origin, usage and synonyms of this archaic or literary verb from various sources.
Definition of 'immure' Word Frequency. immure in British English. (ɪˈmjʊə ) verb (transitive) 1. archaic or literary. to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison. 2. to shut (oneself) away from society. 3. obsolete or technical term. to build into or enclose within a wall. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
