immured

Meanings

Verb

Adjective

  • imprisoned or confined.
  • buried within or built into a wall, whether respectfully (as with shrines, monuments, or tombs) or as torture (if buried alive).
  • walled in.
  • trapped or captured (within the surrounding matrix).

Origin

  • See etymology at immure.

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