What does immure mean?
Definitions for immure
ɪˈmyʊərim·mure
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Princeton's WordNet
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb
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"
Wiktionary
immureverb
To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
immureverb
To put or bury within a wall.
John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.
immureverb
To trap or capture (an impurity);
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Immurenoun
A wall; an inclosure, as in William Shakespeare.
Etymology: from the verb.
Their vow is made
To ransack Troy; within whose strong immures
The ravish'd Helen, Menelaus' queen,
With wanton Paris sleeps. William Shakespeare.To Immureverb
To inclose within walls; to confine; to shut up; to imprison.
Etymology: in and murus, Lat. emmurer, old French, so that it might be written emmure.
Pity, you ancient stones, these tender babes,
Whom envy hath immur'd within your walls! William Shakespeare, R. III.One of these three contains her heav'nly picture;
And shall I think in silver she's immur'd! William Shakespeare.At the first descent on shore he was not immured with a wooden vessel, but he did countenance the landing in his longboat. Henry Wotton.
Lysimachus immured it with a wall. George Sandys, Travels.
Though a foul foolish prison her immure
On earth, she, when escap'd, is wise and pure. John Denham.
Wikipedia
immure
Immurement (from the Latin im-, "in" and murus, "wall"; literally "walling in"), also called immuration or live entombment, is a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which someone is placed within an enclosed space without exits. This includes instances where people have been enclosed in extremely tight confinement, such as within a coffin. When used as a means of execution, the prisoner is simply left to die from starvation or dehydration. This form of execution is distinct from being buried alive, in which the victim typically dies of asphyxiation.
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immure
To immure is to enclose or confine someone against their will, often in a restricted space or in isolation. This can be either in a literal sense, such as imprisoning or trapping someone, or in a metaphorical sense, such as limiting someone's freedom or opportunities. It's derived from medieval Latin and originally meant 'to enclose within walls'.
Webster Dictionary
Immureverb
to wall around; to surround with walls
Immureverb
to inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate
Immurenoun
a wall; an inclosure
Etymology: [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Immure
im-mūr′, v.t. to wall in: to shut up: to imprison.—n. (Shak.) a wall.—n. Immure′ment, imprisonment. [Fr.,—L. in, in, murus, a wall.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of immure in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of immure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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