verb (used with object), in·humed, in·hum·ing.
to bury; inter.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to inter; bury | |
| [C17: from Latin inhumāre, from | |
| inhu'mation | |
| —n | |
| in'humer | |
| —n | |
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inhume
1610 (implied in inhumed), from L. inhumare "to bury," lit. "to put into the ground," from in- "in" + humus "earth, soil."
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