adjective
- enclosed or confined within walls; shut in
Usage: archaic or literary
verb
- past tense and past participle of 'mure': to immure or enclose within walls; to confine or imprison
Usage: archaic or literary; often used in passive voice
Examples
- The prisoner was mured in the tower for decades.
- She felt mured in her small apartment during the long winter.
- The ancient castle had mured passages hidden behind stone walls.
- He mured himself away from society to focus on his work.
- The mured courtyard was dark and cold.
- They mured the entrance to prevent escape.