immure

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Synonyms: impure, immune, immute, emmure

Antonyms: impure, immune, immute, emmure

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cloister]], [[confine]], [[imprison]] or [[hole up]]: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put]] or [[bury]] within a [[wall]].
3. To [[wall in]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|crystallography|and|geology|of a growing [[crystal]]}} To [[trap]] or [[capture]] (an [[impurity]]); {{non-gloss|chiefly in the participial adjective {{m|en|immured}} and gerund or gerundial noun {{m|en|immuring}}.}}

Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[wall]]; an [[enclosure]].

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