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inhume

[ in-hyoomor, often, -yoom ]

verb (used with object)

, in·humed, in·hum·ing.
  1. to bury; inter.


inhume

/ ɪnˈhjuːm /

verb

  1. tr to inter; bury
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌinhuˈmation, noun
  • inˈhumer, noun
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Other Words From

  • inhu·mation noun
  • in·humer noun
  • unin·humed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inhume1

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

Origin of inhume1

C17: from Latin inhumāre, from in- ² + humus ground
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Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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

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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