Immure

noun

/ɪˈmjʊə(r)/

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA wall; an enclosure.

2.verbTo cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.

3.verbTo put or bury within a wall.

"John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum."

4.verb(of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

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