incoffinv.
/ɪnˈkɒfɪn/ 1. transitive. To enclose in, or as in, a coffin.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle > in or as in a coffin
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?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 354 The Cithes did burie their dead..incoffined with a certayne wood of Cithia incorruptible.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 115 This good father (thinking to haue procured some gaine to his Church, by veneration of ye dead bodies,..) persuaded the King to incoffen them, & to commit them to honourable buriall in Christeschurche at Canterburiy.
1670 W. Penn Great Case Liberty of Consc. in Wks. (1782) III. 15 They condemn the Papists for incoffining the scriptures and their worship in an unknown tongue.
2. To hold or enclose like a coffin.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle > in or as in a coffin > said of the enclosure
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1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice v. sig. I4v That sepulcher that holds Your Coffin, shall encoffin me aliue.
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