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Meaning of 'immure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Immure [ n.]
- A wall; an inclosure.
2 . Immure [ v. t.]
- To wall around; to surround with walls.
- To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.

Meaning of 'immure' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . immure [ v]
Meaning (1):
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Example in sentence:
  • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life;
  • The suspects were imprisoned without trial

Nearby Words:

immaculate immailed immalleable immanacle immanacled immanacling immanation immane immanence immanency

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