Found 2 items, similar to immure.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: immure 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Immure 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. [1913 Webster] Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Immure \Im*mure"\, n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]