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cremate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb cremate has 1 sense
- cremate(v = verb.change) Array - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse" is one way to burn, burn down, fire
Derived form noun cremation1
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot cremate Sue
CIDE DICTIONARY
cremate, 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, instead of burying it. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cremate, v.tr. consume (a corpse etc.) by fire.
Derivative
cremation n. cremator n.
Etymology
L cremare burn
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