funerate

F4U1N1E1R1A1T1E1

verb

To bury with funeral rites.

OriginLatin fūnerātus →
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Meanings

verbfunerate (third-person singular simple present funerates, present participle funerating, simple past and past participle funerated)

present singular third person funerates · participle present funerating · participle past funerated · past funerated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo bury with funeral rites.

    my desideratum is , to be debonnairly funerated in a feateous requietory

    July 4 1844, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, letter to Lorenzo Altisonant

Origin

  1. Latinfūnerātus
  2. Englishfunerate

Borrowed from Latin fūnerātus, perfect passive participle of fūnerō (“to funerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūnus, fūneris (“a funeral”).

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APA

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MLA

“funerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funerate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funerate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funerate.

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