<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.</def>
<blockquote>Those tender babes Whom envy hath <b>immured</b> within your walls. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, <b>immures</b> us round. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Immure</h1> <Xpage=732>
<hw>Im*mure"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wall; an inclosure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Immurement</h1> <Xpage=732>
<hw>Im*mure"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.</def>
<h1>Immusical</h1> <Xpage=732>
<hw>Im*mu"sic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Immutability</h1> <Xpage=732>
<hw>Im*mu`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immutabilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>immutabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.</def>
<i>Heb. vi. 17.</i>
<h1>Immutable</h1> <Xpage=732>
<hw>Im*mu"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immutabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>mutabilis</ets> mutable. See <er>Mutable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.</def>
<blockquote>That by two <b>immutable</b> things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation. <i>Heb. vi. 18.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>Immutable</b>, immortal, infinite, Eternal King. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
-- <wordforms><wf>Im*mu"ta*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Im*mu"ta*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
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<h1>Immutate</h1> <Xpage=733>
<hw>Im*mu"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immutatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>immature</ets>.]</ety> <def>Unchanged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Immutation</h1> <Xpage=733>
<hw>Im"mu*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immutatio</ets>, from <ets>immutare</ets>, <ets>immutatum</ets>, to change. See <er>Immute</er>.]</ety> <def>Change; alteration; mutation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Dr. H. More.</i>
<h1>Immute</h1> <Xpage=733>
<hw>Im*mute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immutare</ets>, <ets>immutatum</ets>; perf. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>mutare</ets> to change : cf. OF. <ets>immuter</ets>.]</ety> <def>To change or alter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>J. Salkeld.</i>
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