# immure

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
2. To put or bury within a wall.
3. To wall in.
4. To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

## Etymology
From Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from in- + mūrus (“wall”). Modern spelling is modelled after the Latin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/immure