English Explanatory Dictionary

immured

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of immure
adj
  1. imprisoned or confined.
  2. buried within or built into a wall, whether respectfully (as with shrines, monuments, or tombs) or as torture (if buried alive).
  3. walled in.
  4. trapped or captured (within the surrounding matrix).

Word forms

immured more immured most immured

Etymology

See etymology at immure.

Derived words

unimmured
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