Thursday, May 21, 2009


Word of the Day for Thursday May 21, 2009
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immure \ih-MYUR\, verb:
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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.
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The B.O. has immured us in a mock democracy!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Immure comes from Medieval Latin immurare, from Latin in-, "in" + murus, "wall." It is related to mural, a painting applied to a wall.

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