verb
- to confine or imprison someone within walls
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The tyrant immures his political enemies in the castle dungeon.
- She felt that her job immures her in a windowless office all day.
- The monastery immures its monks from the outside world.
- Fear immures him within his own home.
- The ancient practice immures the guilty behind stone walls.
- Depression immures her in isolation from friends and family.