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Definition of inhume in English: inhumeverb ɪnˈhjuːmɪnˈ(h)jum [with object]literary Bury. no hand his bones shall gather or inhume Example sentencesExamples - Birth and death, however, collide in a remarkable way in a number of tombs in the Greek world in which a woman is found inhumed or cremated together with a fetus or neonate.
- It was the living that inhumed the dead, after all.
- It is known that over 5,000 Sarmatians from this area came to Britain after the Marcomannic wars in AD 175; but it is unlikely that the people at Brougham were Sarmatians, as the latter inhumed their dead.
Synonyms inter, lay to rest, consign to the grave, entomb bury, inter, lay to rest, consign to the grave, entomb, earth up
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin inhumare, from in- 'into' + humus 'ground'. Rhymes abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom Definition of inhume in US English: inhumeverbinˈ(h)yo͞omɪnˈ(h)jum [with object]literary Bury. no hand his bones shall gather or inhume Example sentencesExamples - It was the living that inhumed the dead, after all.
- It is known that over 5,000 Sarmatians from this area came to Britain after the Marcomannic wars in AD 175; but it is unlikely that the people at Brougham were Sarmatians, as the latter inhumed their dead.
- Birth and death, however, collide in a remarkable way in a number of tombs in the Greek world in which a woman is found inhumed or cremated together with a fetus or neonate.
Synonyms inter, lay to rest, consign to the grave, entomb bury, inter, lay to rest, consign to the grave, entomb, earth up
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin inhumare, from in- ‘into’ + humus ‘ground’. |