verb
- to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison or shut up
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The tyrant chose to immure his political enemies in the castle dungeon.
- She felt immured in her small apartment during the long winter months.
- The monks were immured in their monastery, rarely venturing outside.
- Ancient legends tell of prisoners immured alive within castle walls.
- He immured himself in his study, working on his novel for months.
- The fortress was designed to immure attackers who breached the outer walls.