Definition of immure

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im·mure    (-myr) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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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ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin immrre : Latin in-, in ; see in- ² + Latin mrus, wall

OTHER FORMS:
im·murement (Noun)

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