Immured

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to


        shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
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              Those tender babes
              Whom envy hath immured within your walls. --Shak.
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              This huge convex of fire,
              Outrageous to devour, immures us round. --Milton.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "immured":
     barred, behind bars, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded,
     bound, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped,
     cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, enclosed,
     fenced, hedged, hemmed, imprisoned, in captivity, in durance vile,
     in prison, in stir, incarcerated, jailed, leaguered, locked up,
     mewed, paled, penned, pent-up, quarantined, railed, restrained,
     shut-in, walled, walled-in