English-Thai Dictionary

immure

VT กักขัง (ทาง วรรณ คดี  ขัง คุก  คุมขัง  confine imprison kak-kang

 

immure

VT สร้างกำแพง ล้อมรอบ (คำ โบรา ณ  sang-kam-pang-lom-rob

 

immure in

PHRV จับ เข้า คุก  ขัง ไว้ ใน คุก  jab-kao-kuk

 

immurement

N การ คุมขัง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMMURE

v.t.[L. in and murus, a wall. ] 1. To inclose within walls; to shut up; to confine; as, to immure nuns in cloisters.
The student immures himself voluntarily.
2. To wall; to surround with walls.
Lysimachus immured it with a wall. [Not usual. ]
3. To imprison.

 

IMMURE

n.A wall. [Not used. ]

 

IMMURED

pp. Confined within walls.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMMURE

Im *mure ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immured; p. pr. & vb. n. Immuring.]Etym: [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer. ]

 

1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs. ] Sandys.

 

2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. Shak. This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round. Milton.

 

IMMURE

IMMURE Im *mure ", n.

 

Defn: A wall; an inclosure. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

IMMUREMENT

IMMUREMENT Im *mure "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

immure

im mure |iˈmyo͝or ɪˈmjʊ (ə )r | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be immured ) enclose or confine (someone ) against their will: her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum. DERIVATIVES im mure ment noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French emmurer or medieval Latin immurare, from in- ‘in ’ + murus ‘wall. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

immure

immure |ɪˈmjʊə, ɪˈmjɔː | ▶verb [ with obj. ] enclose or confine (someone ) against their will: her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum. DERIVATIVES immurement noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French emmurer or medieval Latin immurare, from in- ‘in ’ + murus ‘wall ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

immure

immure verb his first wife was immured in sanatoriums for most of her adult life: confine, intern, shut up, lock up, incarcerate, imprison, jail, cage, put behind bars, put under lock and key, hold captive, hold prisoner; detain, hold.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

immure

immure verb the monks were immured in Newgate jail: confine, intern, shut up, lock up, incarcerate, imprison, jail, put away, put behind bars, put under lock and key, hold captive, hold prisoner; coop up, mew up, fence in, wall in, close in; detain, keep, hold, trap.