1.
[syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immure \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.
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2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to
shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
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Those tender babes
Whom envy hath immured within your walls. --Shak.
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This huge convex of fire,
Outrageous to devour, immures us round. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immure \Im*mure"\, n.
A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
immure
v 1: 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" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol,
put away, remand]