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cremate

verb
/ˈkɹimeɪt/US/kɹɪˈmeɪt/UK/kɹəˈmeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from cremātus

Definitions

  1. To burn something to ashes.

  2. To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

    • I want to be cremated when I die.
    • “You didn’t bury Dad. You burned him.” “We cremated him, Benny. For humans, the word is cremated. And we chose to do that because that’s what they do in Japan.”

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Derived

cremains, cremator, crematory, incremate, noncremated, uncremated

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA