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cremate
[
kree
-meyt
]
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cre·mate
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meɪt
/
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kree
-meyt
]
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verb (used with object),
cre·mat·ed,
cre·mat·ing.
1.
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
2.
to consume by fire; burn.
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Origin:
1870–75;
<
Latin
cremātus
past participle of
cremāre
to burn to ashes;
see
-ate
1
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cre·ma·tion
/
krɪˈmeɪ
ʃən
/
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[
kri-
mey
-sh
uh
n
]
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,
noun
un·cre·mat·ed,
adjective
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cremate
(krɪˈmeɪt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
[C19: from Latin
cremāre
]
cre'mation
—
n
cre'mationism
—
n
cre'mationist
—
n
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Word Origin & History
cremate
1874, a back-formation from (see
cremation
). Related: Cremated (1874).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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