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in⋅cin⋅er⋅ate

  [in-sin-uh-reyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
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Origin:
1545–55; < ML incinerātus (ptp. of incinerāre) < L in- in- 2 + ciner- (s. of cinis) ashes + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅cin⋅er⋅a⋅tion, noun
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in·cin·er·ate   (ĭn-sĭn'ə-rāt')   
v.   in·cin·er·at·ed, in·cin·er·at·ing, in·cin·er·ates

v.   tr.
To cause to burn to ashes.
v.   intr.
To burn completely.

[Medieval Latin incinerāre, incinerāt- : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin cinis, ciner-, ashes.]
in·cin'er·a'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

incinerate 
1555, from M.L. incineratus "reduce to ashes," pp. of incinerare, from L. in- "into" + cinis (gen. cineris) "ashes." Incinerator first recorded 1883, originally in the Amer.Eng. terminology of cremation; meaning "device for waste disposal by burning" is from 1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·cin·er·ate
Pronunciation: in-'sin-&-"rAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
: to cause to burn to ashes
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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