Pronunciation: ih-myoor
Unless you’re a chronically attention starved celebrity, this is one word you would not want to hear. Immure means to be locked up, often referring to jail time.
Dictionary definitions of immure:
1. To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.
2. To shut (oneself) away from society
Master tips for immure
Immure sounds a lot like I am yours, please enclose me in the walls of your heart and never let go. Thus immure is trapping someone is a closed space, although it would not be advisable to use this in your next love letter!
Usages of immure:
1. We are all immured in the illusion world we have created.
2. The poor teaching patterns by teachers have made students feel like they are immured.
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