Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.
Immure \Im*mure"\, n.
A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak.
Source : WordNet®
immure
v : lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
for the rest of his life" [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate},
{lag}, {put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol}, {put
away}, {remand}]