im|mure´ment

im|mure´ment
im|mure «ih MYUR», transitive verb, -mured, -mur|ing.
1. to shut up or enclose within walls; put in prison.
2. Figurative. to shut in; confine closely: »

love…Lives not alone immured in the brain (Shakespeare).

3. to build into or entomb in a wall.
[< Medieval Latin immurare < Latin in- in + mūrus wall]
im|mure´ment, noun.

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