CREMATING

Verb

cremating

present participle of cremate

Anagrams

• centigram

Source: Wiktionary


CREMATE

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



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Coffee has initially been a food โ€“ chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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