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cremate, v.|kriːˈmeɪt, krɪ-|
[f. L. cremāt- ppl. stem of cremāre to burn, consume by fire, cremate.]
To consume by fire, to burn; spec. to reduce (a corpse) to ashes. Hence creˈmated ppl. a.; creˈmating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1874F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) XIX. 425/1 Satî, or a woman who is cremated with her husband. 1878Ann. Reg. 127 The construction of a cremating apparatus. 1889Ibid. 18 The body of the Marquess of Ely was cremated at Woking. 1889Pall Mall G. 26 Dec. 6/2 Mortuary urns containing cremated Greeks' ashes. |