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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.To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
- 2.To put or bury within a wall.
- 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.Imprisoned or confined
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