immure

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Other walls would immure Cobscook, the lower bay, 50 sq. mi. more.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. has had to learn�repeatedly, with every immigrant wave�that it cannot immure itself behind a wall of immigration restrictions and cultural purity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. has had to learn--repeatedly, with every immigrant wave--that it cannot immure itself behind a wall of immigration restrictions and cultural purity.

From Time Magazine Archive

What would become of mankind, if they were all to immure themselves in dungeons, or what is nearly the same thing to social life, among books and papers?

From The Young Man's Guide by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

The Eastern monarch may immure himself in his harem, casting the burdens of state upon the shoulders of a grand vizier.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop