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intomb

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in⋅tomb

  [in-toom]
Use intomb in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
entomb.
Related forms:
in⋅tomb⋅ment, noun

en⋅tomb

  [en-toom]
–verb (used with object)
1. to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
2. to serve as a tomb for: Florentine churches entomb many great men.
Also, intomb.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME entoumben < MF entomber. See en- 1 , tomb

Related forms:
en⋅tomb⋅ment, noun
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Word Origin & History

entomb 
c.1578, from O.Fr. entomber, from en- "in" + tombe "tomb" (see tomb).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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