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funeralize

verb

Etymology

From funeral + -ize.

  1. derived from *dʰew-✻
  2. derived from fūnus
  3. derived from fūnerālis
  4. derived from fūnerālia
  5. borrowed from funerailles
  6. suffixed as funeralize — “funeral + ize”

Definitions

  1. To officiate at a funeral service for, to hold a funeral service for.

    • Pardon me, for yielding to a temporary impulse of this character, at the hazard of seeming to funeralize, rather than compliment my congregation.
    • A gentleman who knew him, speaking of him to an American traveller a few years since, said — "Sir he funeralized every congregation he took charge of."
    • "Old Uncle Sambo make a powerful prayer when they funeralized the body."

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