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Verb: immure  i'myûr
  1. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    "The suspects were immured without trial"
    - imprison, incarcerate, lag, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]

Derived forms: immured, immuring, immures

See also: immurement

Type of: confine, detain

Encyclopedia: Immure