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immured

The correct spelling is immured.

How to pronounce immured

verb

Say it like: Imm-ure-d

The correct spelling is immured. To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls. For example: "John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum."

Usage Examples

John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
  2. 2.To put or bury within a wall.
  3. 3.(of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

adjective

  1. 1.Imprisoned or confined

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