immure
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immure
- /ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from in- + mūrus (“wall”). Modern spelling is modelled after the Latin.
verb immures · immuring · immured
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To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
The gentlemen looked at each other for a ſolution of this ſtrange event, each preſuming an order had been obtained to again immure the unfortunate Clara.
Similar: cloister, confine, hem up, imprison, incarcerate
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To put or bury within a wall.
John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.
Similar: inter
- To wall in.
- To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring. 1975, American Institute of Physics, American Crystallographic Association, Soviet Physics, Crystallography, Volume 19, Issues 1-3, page 296, On increasing the supercooling, the step starts completely immuring the impurity and v rises sharply.
noun immures · emure
- A wall; an enclosure. […]Troy, within whose strong emures[…]
Translations
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verb to lock up behind walls
| Español | encerrar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 監禁 /监禁 jiānjìn, 關押 /关押 guānyā |
| Português | emparedar |
| Français | emmurer |
| Deutsch | einkerkern, einsperren |
| Русский | заточа́ть zatočátʹ, заточи́ть zatočítʹ |
verb to put or bury within a wall
| Español | emparedar, encerrar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 埋藏 máicáng, 埋葬 máizàng, 活埋 huómái |
| Português | emparedar |
| Français | emmurer |
| Deutsch | einmauern |
| Русский | замуро́вывать zamuróvyvatʹ, замурова́ть zamurovátʹ |
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