immure in Portuguese
immure in Portuguese is emparedar — immure means to shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
immure in Portuguese
emparedar
What does "immure" mean?
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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."
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verb To seal something or someone inside a wall.
"John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum."
- verb (technical) To trap an unwanted substance inside a material.
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- 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 Portuguese?
"immure" in Portuguese is emparedar. immure means: To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
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