immure (redirected from immures)

im·mure  (-myr)

tr.v. im·mured, im·mur·ing, im·mures

1. To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.

2. To build into a wall: immure a shrine.

3. To entomb in a wall.

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[Medieval Latin immrre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin mrus, wall.]

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im·murement n.

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immure [ɪˈmjʊə]

vb (tr)

1. Archaic or literary to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison

2. to shut (oneself) away from society

3. Obsolete to build into or enclose within a wall

[from Medieval Latin immūrāre, from Latin im- (in) + mūrus a wall]

immurement  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

immure - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" gaol, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement

Translations

immure [ɪˈmjʊəʳ] VT → enclaustrar, encerrar (fig) → encerrar
to be immured in → estar encerrado en

immure

vt → einkerkern