transitive. To enclose, receive, or contain in the manner of a tomb; to serve as a tomb for. Frequently figurative.

Of mould, etc.: to contain, cover (the dead).

To receive as in a sepulchre, to serve as a burial-place for.

transferred. Of the earth or tomb: To cover (the dead). Also figurative. ? Obsolete.

transitive. To deposit (a corpse) in the earth, or in a grave or tomb; to inhume, bury.

To enclose or contain as in a bier or tomb; to entomb.