immure

🇺🇸 /ɪˈmjʊr/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈmjʊə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to enclose or confine someone within a space, preventing them from leaving

The prisoner was immured in a small, dark cell for years.

translation

v. to enclose or confine someone within a space, preventing them from leaving

Word Forms

3rd Present immures
Past immured
Perfect immured
Progressive immuring