funeralize

[ fyoo-ner-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, fu·ner·al·ized, fu·ner·al·iz·ing.

1. to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.

Word History and Origins

Origin of funeralize¹

1645–55 for earlier sense; funeral + -ize

Example Sentences

“Not being able to funeralize the dead — that’s the real horror,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a shame they’ve not been able to funeralize their son. The family hasn’t had access to the body because of different autopsies.”

From Washington Post

Four days after his death, in the shed-1'ke white church at the end of a rutted whiteclay road, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered to funeralize Uncle Row.

From Time Magazine Archive