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sepult

sepult adjective: buried.

Adjective

sepult (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) buried.
    • The masterpieces revealed to us from this sepult city have afforded us a new appreciation of the treasures of antiquity, and revealed to the present generation the state of science and civilization before the downfal [sic] of the Roman empire.1851, Museum of classical antiquities: a quarterly journal of architecture and the sister branches of classic art, Volume 1, John W. Parker and Son, page 288

Verb

sepult (third-person singular simple present sepults, present participle sepulting, simple past and past participle sepulted)

  1. (obsolete) To bury or inter.
    • I, Richarde Haye of Screvynge &c., my bodie to be sepulted and buried in the churche yeard of our blessed ladye of Knaresburght nye ye churche dore.1544 (reprinted 1902), Richard Haye, Wills & administrations from the Knaresborough court rolls, Andrews & Co., page 39
    • c. 1650 (reprinted 2006), Jeremiah Whitaker, Social Histories of Disability and Deformity: Bodies, Images and Experiences, Routledge, page not listed
      I have listed a long time amongst divers Nations... and (without National indulgence) could not apprehend any excellency unmatchable in England...

Forms of sepult

third-person singular presentsepults
present participlesepulting
past participlesepulted
pastsepulted

Origin of sepult

From Latin sepultus.

Questions about sepult

What does sepult mean?
Sepult means buried.
What part of speech is sepult?
Sepult can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near sepult in the dictionary

  1. Sepulchrers
  2. sepulchres
  3. Sepulchrine
  4. sepulchring
  5. sepulchrous
  6. sepult
  7. sepultural
  8. sepulture
  9. sepultured
  10. sepultures
  11. sepulturing

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