Lewis Short
(verb) : ē-mūnĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4
* To fortify, secure, provide with a wall (not ante-Aug.).
* Lit.: locum arcis in modum,Liv. 24, 21 fin.: non opus est arduos colles emunire,Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 6.
* Transf.
* To strengthen, make secure: obice postes,Verg. A. 8, 227: murum opere,Liv. 26, 46, 2: caveam retibus,Col. 8, 8, 4: sola et latera horreorum,id. 1, 6, 16.
* Trop.: emunivit animum,Sen. Contr. 3, 17, 10, p. 226 Bip.
* To build up, elevate for defence: murus, ut in suspecto loco, supra ceterae modum altitudinis, emunitus erat,Liv. 21. 7, 7: locus in modum arcis emunitus,id. 24, 21, 12.
* To pile up, heap up: toros ostro auroque,Stat. Th. 1, 518.—(ε) To clear, to make passable: silvas ac paludes,Tac. Agr. 31.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary