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inhumate

inhumate verb: to inhume; to bury.

Verb

inhumate (third-person singular simple present inhumates, present participle inhumating, simple past and past participle inhumated)

  1. (rare) To inhume; to bury.
    • Hath the inhumated
      Upward aspiring,
      Hath he consummated
      All his desiring?c. 1850-1869, Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn"

Forms of inhumate

third-person singular presentinhumates
present participleinhumating
past participleinhumated
pastinhumated

Origin of inhumate

First attested in 1612; borrowed from Latin inhumātus, perfect passive participle of inhumō (“to put in the earth, plant; (Ecclesiastical Latin) to inhume”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + humō (“to cover with earth”). Doublet of inhume.

Questions about inhumate

What does inhumate mean?
Inhumate means to inhume; to bury.
What part of speech is inhumate?
Inhumate is a verb.
What is the past tense of inhumate?
The past tense of inhumate is inhumated.

Words near inhumate in the dictionary

  1. inhumanized
  2. inhumanizes
  3. inhumanizing
  4. inhumanly
  5. inhumanness
  6. inhumate
  7. inhumated
  8. inhumates
  9. inhumating
  10. inhumation
  11. inhumationist

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