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To: Ish who wrote (42678)	7/16/2002 9:12:47 AM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 225578

She is prone to that behavior.

To: Ish who wrote (42678)	7/16/2002 11:03:43 AM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Nuh Uh. You did that all on your own.

To: Ish who wrote (42678)	7/16/2002 11:08:03 AM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Word of the Day for Tuesday July 16, 2002: immure \ih-MYUR\, transitive verb: 1. To enclose within walls, or as if within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. 2. To build into a wall. 3. To entomb in a wall. Not surprisingly, Sally shuddered at the thought of being immured in the black cave, to die slowly and hopelessly, far below the sunny hillside. --Peter Pierce, "The Fiction of Gabrielle Lord," Australian Literary Studies, October 1999 True, there was a Mughal emperor in Delhi until 1857, but he was emperor in name only, the shadow of a memory, described by Lord Macaulay as 'a mock sovereign immured in a gorgeous state prison'. --Anthony Read, [1]The Proudest Day When I tried to think clearly about this, I felt that my mind was immured, that it couldn't expand in any direction. --Andrew Solomon, [2]The Noonday Demon Immured by privilege in a way of life that offered little scope, army wives were often enfeebled by boredom. --Frances Spalding, [3]Duncan Grant: A Biography _________________________________________________________ Immure comes from Medieval Latin immurare, from Latin in-, "in" + murus, "wall." It is related to mural, a painting applied to a wall. Synonyms: cloister; imprison; incarcerate. [4]Find more at Thesaurus.com.