Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object), im·mured, im·mur·ing.
- to enclose within walls.
- to shut in; seclude or confine.
- to imprison.
- to build into or entomb in a wall.
- Obsolete. to surround with walls; fortify.
verb (tr)
- archaic, or literary to enclose within or as if within walls; imprison
- to shut (oneself) away from society
- obsolete to build into or enclose within a wall
1580s, from Middle French emmurer and directly from Medieval Latin immurare, literally “to shut up within walls,” from assimilated form of in- “into, in” (see in- (2)) + Latin murus “wall” (see mural). Related: Immured; immuring.