immure: difference between revisions

 

===Etymology===

 

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|en|/ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/}}

* {{rhymes|en|ʊə(ɹ)|s=2}}

 

===Verb===

#*: This rule is followed in all common-law jurisdictions, although it was not adopted by the House of Lords until 1932, and then only with vigorous dissent, in a case where a mouse was '''immured''' in a ginger-beer bottle.

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put]] or [[bury]] within a [[wall]].

#* {{quote-book|en|year=1906|author=w:Robert Chambers|title=The Book of Days|volume=1|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=7kYJAAAAIAAJ&q=%22immures%7Cimmuring%7Cimmured%22&dq=%22immures%7Cimmuring%7Cimmured%22&hl=en&ei=nl9QTqrQEKbimAWopszYBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwADge|page=807

|passage=The dreadful punishment of '''immuring''' persons, or burying them alive in the walls of convents, was undoubtedly sometimes resorted to by monastic communities.}}

 

====Synonyms====

* {{sense|bury}} {{l|en|inter}}

 

* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}

* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|emparedar}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|заточа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|заточи́ть|pf}}

*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|bury}} {{t+|cmn|埋藏|tr=máicáng}}, {{qualifier|inter}} {{t+|cmn|埋葬|tr=máizàng}}, {{qualifier|bury alive}} {{t+|cmn|活埋|tr=huómái}}

* Czech: {{t-needed|cs}}

* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[muurata]] ([[sisään]])}}, {{t|fi|[[sulkea]] (sisään)}}

* German: {{t+|de|einmauern}}

* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}}

* {{l|en|emure}}