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immure

im·mure [ i myr ] (past and past participle im·mured, present participle im·mur·ing, 3rd person present singular im·mures)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. imprison somebody: to confine somebody in prison ( literary ) ( usually passive )

2. shut somebody away: to shut away or seclude somebody ( formal ) ( often passive )

3. enclose something: to enclose something in a wall or surround something with walls ( archaic )

[Late 16th century. Directly or via French< Latin immurare "wall in" < murus "wall"]

im·mure·ment noun
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