INHUMED

buried, inhumed, interred

(adjective) placed in a grave; “the hastily buried corpses”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

inhumed

simple past tense and past participle of inhume

Source: Wiktionary


INHUME

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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