Inhume

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inhume \In*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhumed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Inhuming}.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See {Inhumate}.]
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     1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to
        inter.
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              Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain,
              Inhume the natives in their native plain. --Pope.
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     2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal
        purposes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inhume
       v : place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
           Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed
           in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
           Sunday" [syn: {bury}, {entomb}, {inter}, {lay to rest}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhume":
     bury, coffin, conduct a funeral, encoffin, ensepulcher, enshrine,
     entomb, hearse, inearth, inter, inurn, lay away, lay to rest,
     plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb