'Inhume' definitions:
Definition of 'inhume'
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verb
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]
Definition of 'Inhume'
From: GCIDE
- Inhume \In*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. [1913 Webster]
- Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume the natives in their native plain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inhume'
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