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.

 

© Webster 1913.


Im*mure", n.

A wall; an inclosure.

[Obs.]

Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

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