immure

Definition of Immure in English :

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Example Sentences:
'The suspects were imprisoned without trial'
'the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Immure

verb (transitive)

1. archaic or literary

to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison

2.

to shut (oneself) away from society

3. obsolete or technical term

to build into or enclose within a wall

verb transitiveWord forms: imˈmured or imˈmuring

1.

to shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine, or seclude

2.

to entomb in a wall

tr.v. im·mured, im·mur·ing, im·mures

1. To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.

2. To build into a wall: immure a shrine.

3. To entomb in a wall.