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inurned

UK/ɪˈnəːnd/

inurned is the simple past and past participle of inurn.

Meaning of inurn

Verb

inurn (third-person singular simple present inurns, present participle inurning, simple past and past participle inurned)

  1. (transitive) To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
    • […] the Sepulcher
      Wherein we saw thee quietly enurn’d
      Hath op’d his ponderous and Marble iawes,
      To cast thee vp againec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (transitive) To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).
    • Now there are no other remains of its [Hadrian’s mausoleum’s] grandeur than a ball of bronze in the Vatican, which crowned its cupola, and was supposed to inurn the ashes of its Imperial founder.1792, Thomas Watkins, Travels through Swisserland, Italy, Sicily, the Greek Islands, to Constantinople, London: T. Cadell, Volume 1, Letter 18, p. 350

Adjective

inurned (comparative more inurned, superlative most inurned)

  1. Of cremated ashes: placed in an urn; buried, entombed.
    • There's no more to be said of Trafalgar, / 'T is with our hero quietly inurn'd [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I

Forms of inurned

comparativemore inurned
superlativemost inurned

Words formed from inurned

Questions about inurned

What does inurned mean?
Inurned means of cremated ashes: placed in an urn; buried, entombed.
What is inurned the simple past and past participle of?
Inurned is the simple past and past participle of inurn.
What part of speech is inurned?
Inurned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inurned?
Inurned is pronounced /ɪˈnəːnd/ (UK).

Words near inurned in the dictionary

  1. inurements
  2. inures
  3. inureth
  4. inuring
  5. inurn
  6. inurned
  7. inurning
  8. inurnment
  9. inurnments
  10. inurns
  11. inusitate

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