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immure

verb as in confine

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Example Sentences

It never forged a chain to bind a heretic or an adversary, nor erected a prison to immure him.

Some of the consignees were mobbed, and all were obliged to fly to the castle, and there immure themselves.

I will immure myself against your cries, and lock myself up to your lamentations.

But it was affrighting to realize that the very physical feature which provided a refuge might also immure them in a living tomb.

She was not one of those napkin people who hide their talents, or who immure their lights under superincumbent bushels.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to immure, such as: cloister, entomb, imprison, incarcerate, jail, and seclude.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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