Thesaurus: immure

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1. v. t. To wall around; to surround with walls.
2. v. t. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
3. n. A wall; an inclosure.
4. v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
5. 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. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.
6. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.
7. v:100 v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail