murare.
to wall up
Meaning & usage
to wall up
to embed into a wall
to brick someone alive (usually as a form of capital punishment and with vivo (“alive”) added)
Il filosofo Emanuele Franz, dopo aver vissuto in un bidone dell'immondizia, si fa murare vivo per protestare contro la società.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin mūrāre (“to provide or surround with walls”). By surface analysis, muro + -are.
to haul on the tack (a rope holding the lowest sails in place)
to affix the corner of the tack (the lower corner of leading edge of a sail) in place
Where this word comes from
From mura (“tack”) + -are.
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