'Immure' definitions:
Definition of 'immure'
From: WordNet
verb
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]
Definition of 'Immure'
From: GCIDE
- Immure \Im*mure"\, n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Immure'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. [1913 Webster]
- Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'immure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bastille,
- bolt in,
- bottle up,
- box in,
- box up,
- cabin,
- cage,
- casket,
- cast in prison,
- check,
- clap in jail,
- clap up,
- cloister,
- closet,
- coffin,
- confine,
- constrain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork up,
- corral,
- cramp,
- crib,
- detain,
- encage,
- encase,
- enclose,
- entomb,
- fence,
- fence in,
- gaol,
- hedge,
- hem,
- hem in,
- hold,
- hold captive,
- hold in captivity,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hold prisoner,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- inhibit,
- intern,
- jail,
- jug,
- keep in,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- lock in,
- lock up,
- mew,
- mew up,
- pen,
- pen up,
- pound,
- prison,
- quod,
- rail in,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- seal up,
- shackle,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- straiten,
- throw into jail,
- wall,
- wall in