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IMMURED
Verb
immured
simple past tense and past participle of immure
Adjective
immured (comparative more immured, superlative most immured)
imprisoned or confined
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Source: Wiktionary
IMMURE
Im*mure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured; p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.
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.
Im*mure", n.
Definition: A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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