immure

verb

/ɪˈmjʊə(r)/

/ɪˈmjʊr/

[often passive] (literary)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they immure	/ɪˈmjʊə(r)/ /ɪˈmjʊr/
he / she / it immures	/ɪˈmjʊəz/ /ɪˈmjʊrz/
past simple immured	/ɪˈmjʊəd/ /ɪˈmjʊrd/
past participle immured	/ɪˈmjʊəd/ /ɪˈmjʊrd/
-ing form immuring	/ɪˈmjʊərɪŋ/ /ɪˈmjʊrɪŋ/

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to shut somebody in a place so that they cannot get out禁闭；监禁 synonym imprison
- be immured (+ adv./prep.) At the age of 86 he was immured in his house by infirmity.86岁时，他因体弱多病而被关在家里。
- (figurative) a society immured in ignorance and superstition一个被无知和迷信笼罩的社会
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French emmurer or medieval Latin immurare, from in- ‘in’ + murus ‘wall’.

BNC: 39592 COCA: 43148

immure