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Immure is defined as to entomb or to imprison.

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An example of immure is to trap someone in an attic.

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transitive verb immured, immuring

to shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine, or seclude
to entomb in a wall

Origin: < OFr or ML: OFr emmurrer < ML immurare < L in-, in + murus, wall: see mere

Related Forms:

immurement noun

See immure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb 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.

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Origin: Medieval Latin immūrāre

Origin: : Latin in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + Latin mūrus, wall

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Related Forms:

im·mureˈment noun

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