inhume
verb
in·hume in-ˈhyüm 
inhumed; inhuming
transitive verb
: bury, inter
inhumation
ˌin-hyü-ˈmā-shən
noun 
Synonyms
- bury
- entomb
- hearse
- inter
- lay
- put away
- tomb
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly
Recent Examples on the Web Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. 
Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017 Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017 Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017 Word History
Etymology
probably from French inhumer, from Medieval Latin inhumare, from Latin in- + humus earth — more at humble
First Known Use
1604, in the meaning defined above
inhuming
verb
as in burying
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- burying
- interring
- tombing
- hearsing
- putting away
- entombing
- hiding
- immuring
- reinterring
- inurning
- laying
- concealing
- enshrining
- coffining
- shading
- shielding
- obscuring
- ensconcing
- curtaining
- enshrouding
- reburying
- covering
- shrouding
- cloaking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- exhuming
- unearthing
- burning
- disinterring
- exhibiting
- disclosing
- displaying
- showing
- revealing
- discovering
- exposing
- cremating
- baring
- uncoffining
- set great store by/on
- set great store on
- set gun
- set hammer
- set hook
- set in
- set in motion
- set in one's ways
- set in stone
- set iron
- set kettle
- set light to
- set mark
- set menu
- set nut
- set of pipes
- set off
- set off alarm bells
- set on
- set on its ear
- set one straight
- set one's hand to
- set one's heart on
- set one's house in order
- set one's mind to