Immure

/ɪˈmjʊə(r)/

noun

  1. A wall; an enclosure.

verb

  1. To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.

  2. To put or bury within a wall.

    John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.

  3. (of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

Synonyms: inter, cloister, confine, imprison, incarcerate

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