English Explanatory Dictionary

inhumate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To inhume; to bury.

Word forms

inhumate inhumates inhumating inhumated

Etymology

First attested in 1612; borrowed from Latin inhumātus, perfect passive participle of inhumō (“to put in the earth, plant; (Ecclesiastical Latin) to inhume”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + humō (“to cover with earth”). Doublet of inhume.

Related words

humation humic humify humus
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