cremate
(verb) reduce to ashes; “Cremate a corpse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cremate (third-person singular simple present cremates, present participle cremating, simple past and past participle cremated)
(transitive) To burn something to ashes.
(transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
• ceramet, meercat
Source: Wiktionary
Cre"mate (kr"mt or kr-mt"), v. t. Etym: [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr to cook.]
Definition: To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
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