Immure

Definition of Immure

Im`mure´
v. t.1.To wall around; to surround with walls.
[imp. & p. p. Immured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.]
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.
n.1.A wall; an inclosure.

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