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Definition of immure verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

immure

verb

NAmE//ɪˈmyʊr//

immure somebody (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they immure

he / she / it immures

past simple immured

-ing form immuring

to shut someone in a place so that they cannot get out synonym imprison At the age of 86 he was immured in his house by infirmity.

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