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INHUME
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
(verb) place in a grave or tomb; “Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”; “The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids”; “My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inhume (third-person singular simple present inhumes, present participle inhuming, simple past and past participle inhumed)
(transitive) To bury in a grave.
Synonyms
• bury, entomb, inter
Antonyms
• dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth
Anagrams
• humine
Source: Wiktionary
In*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.] Etym: [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]
1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume the natives in their native plain. Pope.
2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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