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Webster 1913 Edition

Inhume

In-hume′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inhumed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhuming
.]
[Cf. F.
inhumer
. See
Inhumate
.]
1.
To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.
Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain,
Inhume
the natives in their native plain.
Pope.
2.
To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inhume

INHU'ME

,
Verb.
T.
[L. inhumo, humo, to bury.]
1.
To bury; to inter; to deposit in the earth, as a dead body.
2.
To digest in a vessel surrounded with warm earth.

Definition 2024

inhume

inhume

See also: inhumé

English

Verb

inhume ‎(third-person singular simple present inhumes, present participle inhuming, simple past and past participle inhumed)

  1. (transitive) To bury in a grave.

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

inhume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inhumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of inhumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inhumer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of inhumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of inhumer

Spanish

Verb

inhume

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inhumar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inhumar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inhumar.

Etymology

Latin in and humāre ("to bury").

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