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immure in Dutch

immure in Dutch is opsluiten, inmetselen — immure means to shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.

immure in Dutch

opsluiten
verb
(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
inmetselen
verb
(transitive) To put or bury within a wall.

What does "immure" mean?

  1. verb To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
    "Mattes creates a perversely sympathetic character: one who is so immured and immersed in his own self-pity/-hatred that his only connection to life is to dominate and control those with whom he connects."
  2. verb To seal something or someone inside a wall.
    "John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum."
  3. verb (technical) To trap an unwanted substance inside a material.
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immure in a sentence

  • Mattes creates a perversely sympathetic character: one who is so immured and immersed in his own self-pity/-hatred that his only connection to life is to dominate and control those with whom he connects.
  • John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.
  • The dreadful punishment of immuring persons, or burying them alive in the walls of convents, was undoubtedly sometimes resorted to by monastic communities.

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What is "immure" in Dutch?
"immure" in Dutch is opsluiten, inmetselen. immure means: To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
Are there other ways to say "immure" in Dutch?
Yes — Dutch has 2 translations listed for "immure": opsluiten, inmetselen.
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