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inhume

[ in-hyoomor, often, -yoom ]

verb (used with object)

inhumed, inhuming.
  1. to bury; inter.


inhume

/ ɪˈː /

verb

  1. tr to inter; bury
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳˈپDz, noun
  • ˈܳ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • h·tDz noun
  • ·ܳİ noun
  • ܲi·ܳ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inhume1

1610–20; < Medieval Latin Գܳ, equivalent to Latin in- in- 2 + -ܳ, derivative of humus earth ( humus ); exhume
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inhume1

C17: from Latin Գܳ, from in- ² + humus ground
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Veil is being inhumed Sunday at the Paris monument with her husband Antoine, who died in 2013, in a symbolic ceremony in the presence of her family and dignitaries.

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These days, each region is boasting how much foreign food it has torched or inhumed.

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Theseus’ bones were piously brought back, and inhumed in Athens, where he was long worshiped as a demigod.

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The early Christians inhumed the bodies of their martyrs in their temples.

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For this reason they buried the weapons in the graves of their friends, and inhumed several captives with them, that they might have attendants in “the land of spirits.”

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