Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

immure

 

1) to shut up within walls, literally or figuratively; 2) to entomb in a wall

 

In Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado," the narrator immures the chained Fortunado.

 

Related English word: immurement

 

Latin root word: murus, muri, m. - wall 

 

Next Word

Return to Flashcard Lists