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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Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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