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for inhume
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Inhume \In*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inhuming.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]
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1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to
inter.
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Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain,
Inhume the natives in their native plain. --Pope.
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2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal
purposes.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
inhume
v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to
rest]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhume":
bury, coffin, conduct a funeral, encoffin, ensepulcher, enshrine,
entomb, hearse, inearth, inter, inurn, lay away, lay to rest,
plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb
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