immure

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(ĭ-myʊr') pronunciation
tr.v., -mured, -mur·ing, -mures.
  1. To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.
  2. To build into a wall: immure a shrine.
  3. To entomb in a wall.

[Medieval Latin immūrāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin mūrus, wall.]

immurement im·mure'ment n.

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verb

  1. To confine within a limited area: cage, coop (in or up), enclose, fence (in), mew (up), pen2, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See free/unfree.
  2. To put in jail: confine, detain, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up). See free/unfree.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - mure inde, spærre inde, begrave sig i

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zich) opsluiten, inmetselen

Français (French)
v. tr. - enfermer, emmurer

Deutsch (German)
v. - einkerkern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φυλακίζω, εγκλείω (σε μοναστήρι κ.λπ.) (κν. μαντρώνω)

Italiano (Italian)
murare, imprigionare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prender

Русский (Russian)
заточать, замуровывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - emparedar, encerrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - inspärra, isolera sig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
监禁, 禁闭, 使蛰居, 使闭门不出

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 監禁, 禁閉, 使蟄居, 使閉門不出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 감금하다, 벽에 묻어 넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 閉じ込める, 監禁する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسور, يسجن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הסתגר, כלא‬


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