Immure (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The monastery walls seemed to immure her, sealing her off from the world beyond the sacred grounds.
- He was immured in the dungeon without any access to natural light or fresh air for years.
- After the failed rebellion, many of its leaders were immured in separate cells within the fortress.
- The cruel king had his opponents immured in the castle towers to prevent any further attempts at defiance.
- She felt immured by the narrow streets and high walls of the old city, which seemed to stifle her sense of adventure.