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Webster 1913 Edition

Incinerate

In-cin′er-ate

,
[LL.
incineratus
, p. p. of
incinerare
to incinerate; L. pref.
in-
in +
cinis
,
cineris
, ashes.]
Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

In-cin′er-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Incinerated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Incinerating
.]
To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn.
Bacon.
It is the fire only that
incinerates
bodies.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Incinerate

INCIN'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. in and cinis, cineris, ashes]
To burn to ashes.

Definition 2024

incinerate

incinerate

English

Verb

incinerate ‎(third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)

  1. (transitive) to destroy by burning

Translations

Adjective

incinerate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
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Anagrams

Latin

Verb

incinerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of incinerō

Etymology

From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō < incinerare ‎(“to burn into ashes”) < cinis ‎(“ashes”).

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