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Im·mure v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.]
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.
Im·mure, n. A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.]
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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]