The gentlemen looked at each other for a ſolution of this ſtrange event, each preſuming an order had been obtained to again immure the unfortunate Clara.
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Immure
//ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "immure" (94 found)
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Translations
32 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- արգելափակել verb (to lock up behind walls)
- զնդանել verb (to lock up behind walls)
- որմնաշարել verb (to put or bury within a wall)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 埋葬 verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- 埋藏 verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- 活埋 verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- 監禁 /监禁 verb (to lock up behind walls)
Dutch
2 entries- inmetselen verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- opsluiten verb (to lock up behind walls)
Finnish
3 entries- muurata (sisään) verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- panna kiven sisään verb (to lock up behind walls)
- sulkea (sisään) verb (to put or bury within a wall)
French
2 entries- emmurer verb (to lock up behind walls)
- emmurer verb (to put or bury within a wall)
German
3 entries- einkerkern verb (to lock up behind walls)
- einmauern verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- einsperren verb (to lock up behind walls)
Ido
2 entries- enmurigar verb (to lock up behind walls)
- enmurigar verb (to put or bury within a wall)
Polish
2 entries- zamurować verb (to lock up behind walls)
- zamurowywać verb (to lock up behind walls)
Portuguese
2 entries- emparedar verb (to lock up behind walls)
- emparedar verb (to put or bury within a wall)
Russian
4 entries- замуро́вывать verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- замурова́ть verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- заточа́ть verb (to lock up behind walls)
- заточи́ть verb (to lock up behind walls)
Spanish
3 entries- emparedar verb (to put or bury within a wall)
- encerrar verb (to lock up behind walls)
- encerrar verb (to put or bury within a wall)
Swedish
1 entries- mura in verb (to put or bury within a wall)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
[I]n the reign of Henry the Second, a body happening, by chance, to be dug up near Glastonbury Abbey, without any symptoms of putrefaction or decay, the Welch, the descendants of the Ancient Britons, tenacious of the dignity and reputation of that illustrious hero [King Arthur], vainly supposed it could be no other than the body of their justly-boasted Pen-Dragon; and that he had been immured in that sepulchre by the spells of some powerful and implacable inchanter.
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In a happy moment for the Levy-Lawson-Levis, Lady Lytton was betrayed, seized, and immured. The Editor saw his chance, and made the Metropolis ring with the outrage. Levi was saved; so also was Lady Lytton.
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Immured in Heaven! What a Cell! / Let every bondage be, / Thou Sweetest of the Universe, / Like that which ravished thee!
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