- cremate cre·mate vt
- [krɪ'meɪt]
cremare
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Cremate — Cre mate (kr? m?t or kr? m?t ), v. t. [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr? to cook.] To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cremate — cre·mate krē .māt, kri vt, cre·mat·ed; cre·mat·ing to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning cre·ma·tion kri mā shən n … Medical dictionary
cremate — cre|mate [krıˈmeıt US ˈkri:meıt] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of cremare to burn up, cremate ] to burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony >cremation [krıˈmeıʃən] n [U and C] … Dictionary of contemporary English
cremate — cre|mate [ krə meıt, kri,meıt ] verb transitive to burn the body of a dead person ╾ cre|ma|tion noun count or uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cremate — cre•mate [[t]ˈkri meɪt[/t]] v. t. mat•ed, mat•ing to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, esp. as a funeral rite • Etymology: 1870–75; < L cremātus, ptp. of cremāre to burn to ashes cre•ma•tion krɪˈmeɪ ʃən n … From formal English to slang
cremate — cre·mate … English syllables
Incremate — In cre*mate, v. t. [Pref. in in + cremate.] To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
