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Cremate

Cre′mate

(kr?′m?t or kr?-m?t′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
crematus
, p. p. of
cremare
to burn; cf. Skr.
cr[GREEK]
to cook.]
To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate;
as, to
cremate
a corpse, instead of burying it
.

Definition 2024

cremate

cremate

English

Verb

cremate ‎(third-person singular simple present cremates, present participle cremating, simple past and past participle cremated)

  1. (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
  2. (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Translations

incinerate a body

Related terms

Italian

Verb

cremate

  1. second-person plural present of cremare
  2. second-person plural imperative of cremare

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cremāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of cremō

Etymology

Latin cremō ‎(“I burn (something) to ashes; I cremate (something)”).

Pronunciation

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