Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place in a grave; bury.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deposit in the earth, as a dead body; bury; inter.
- In chem., to digest in a vessel surrounded with warm earth or manure.
- To serve as a tomb for.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.
- transitive verb To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
bury in agrave .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place in a grave or tomb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As annoying as an F-inhume is, many cultures still find it keeps them closer to their long-lost ancestors.
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And there are continuing concerns about inhume treatment of civilians at the hands of the American occupiers.
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At a university lecture in Germany, the Pope said, quote, "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhume such as his command to spread by the sword, the faith he preached."
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Journalist Nellie Bly exposed inhume conditions here.
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In a speech on Tuesday, Pope Benedict quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who said that everything the Prophet Mohammed brought was "evil and inhume, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
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The good Secretary was instructed to spill it along in a furrow and afterward inhume it with soil.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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The creeks are most of them mere beds of sand, entirely destitute of water, except at brief intervals when their percolated currents are shown in brackish pools, soon again to inhume themselves in the willing earth.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841
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A mediator. inhume v. To place in the earth, as a dead body. interdict n.
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Indians never wish good for their neighbours … they are irresponsible and inhume (my observation) …. they think they are "Gobber Sigh" and live in their Bollywood's fantasy world
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