INURNED

Verb

inurned

simple past tense and past participle of inurn

Adjective

inurned (comparative more inurned, superlative most inurned)

Of cremated ashes: placed in an urn; buried, entombed.

Anagrams

• dunnier

Source: Wiktionary


INURN

In*urn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Inurning.]

Definition: To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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