Word of the Day for Monday September 19, 2005 immure \ih-MYUR\, transitive verb: 1. To enclose within walls, or as if within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. 2. To build into a wall. 3. To entomb in a wall. Not surprisingly, Sally shuddered at the thought of being immured in the black cave, to die slowly and hopelessly, far below the sunny hillside. --Peter Pierce, "The Fiction of Gabrielle Lord," Australian Literary Studies, October 1999 True, there was a Mughal emperor in Delhi until 1857, but he was emperor in name only, the shadow of a memory, described by Lord Macaulay as 'a mock sovereign immured in a gorgeous state prison'. --Anthony Read, [1]The Proudest Day When I tried to think clearly about this, I felt that my mind was immured, that it couldn't expand in any direction. --Andrew Solomon, [2]The Noonday Demon Immured by privilege in a way of life that offered little scope, army wives were often enfeebled by boredom. --Frances Spalding, [3]Duncan Grant: A Biography _________________________________________________________ Immure comes from Medieval Latin immurare, from Latin in-, "in" + murus, "wall." It is related to mural, a painting applied to a wall. Synonyms: cloister; imprison; incarcerate. [4]Find more at Thesaurus.com. References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0224039563/ref%3dnosim/lexico 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0684854678/ref%3dnosim/lexico 3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0712666400/ref%3dnosim/lexico 4. http://thesaurus.reference.com/roget/V/751.html Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=immure