Inhumed

2 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]:

  inhumed
       adj : placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses" [syn: {buried},
              {interred}] [ant: {unburied}]