Meaning of INHUME
| Pronunciation: | | in'hyoom
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bury, entomb, inter, lay to rest |
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| | See Also: | | lay, put down, repose | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhumed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inhuming}.] [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.
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| | Related Terms: | | bury, coffin, conduct a funeral, encoffin, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hearse, inearth, inter, inurn, lay away, lay to rest, plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
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