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Meaning of immure

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

immure

Pronunciation:/ɪˈmjʊə(r)/

noun

Definitions

  1. A wall; an enclosure.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.

  2. To put or bury within a wall.

    Example: John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.

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