IMMURE


Meaning of IMMURE in English

/ ɪˈmjʊə(r); NAmE ɪˈmjʊr/ verb

[ vn ] ( literary ) to shut sb in a place so that they cannot get out

SYN imprison

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French emmurer or medieval Latin immurare , from in- in + murus wall.

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