Meaning of IMMURE
| Pronunciation: | | i'myûr
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| | Definition: | | [v] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | gaol, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| | See Also: | | confine, detain | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Im*mure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Immuring}.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] --Sandys.
2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to
shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within
your walls. --Shak.
This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour,
immures us round. --Milton.
\Im*mure"\, n.
A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | bastille, bolt in, bottle up, box in, box up, cabin, cage, casket, cast in prison, check, clap in jail, clap up, cloister, closet, coffin, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, corral, cramp, crib, detain, encage, encase, enclose, entomb, fence, fence in, gaol, hedge, hem, hem in, hold, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold in custody, hold in restraint, hold prisoner, impound, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, jug, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, lock in, lock up, mew, mew up, pen, pen up, pound, prison, quod, rail in, restrain, restrict, seal up, shackle, shut in, shut up, straiten, throw into jail, wall, wall in |
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