entomb

[ en-toom ]

verb (used with object)

1. to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
2. to serve as a tomb for:

   Florentine churches entomb many great men.

entomb

/ ɪnˈtuːm /

verb

1. to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter
2. to serve as a tomb for

Derived Forms

• enˈtombment, noun

Other Words From

• en·tombment noun
• unen·tombed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entomb¹

1425–75; late Middle English entoumben < Middle French entomber. See en- ¹, tomb

Example Sentences

I thought of the graves more hopeless fur than them that entomb the dead,—the graves where lay the livin' dead.

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When the next day should dawn, its light is 'strangled,' and 'darkness does the face of earth entomb.'

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See the black Prison Ship's expanding womb Impested thousands, quick and dead, entomb.

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Thee the dogs shall rend Dishonorably, and the fowls of air, But all Achaia's host shall him entomb.

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But the immortal spirit who shall fetter, who shall entomb it?

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Related Words

• embalm
• enshrine