inhumate

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verb

To inhume; to bury.

“c. 1850-1869, Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn" Hath the inhumated Upward aspiring, Hath he consummated All his desiring?”

OriginLatin inhumātus →
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Meanings

verbinhumate (third-person singular simple present inhumates, present participle inhumating, simple past and past participle inhumated)

present singular third person inhumates · participle present inhumating · participle past inhumated · past inhumated

  1. rareTo inhume; to bury.

    c. 1850-1869, Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn" Hath the inhumated Upward aspiring, Hath he consummated All his desiring?

Origin

  1. Latininhumātus
  2. Englishinhumate

First attested in 1612; borrowed from Latin inhumātus, perfect passive participle of inhumō (“to put in the earth, plant; (Ecclesiastical Latin) to inhume”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + humō (“to cover with earth”). Doublet of inhume.

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APA

inhumate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhumate

MLA

“inhumate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhumate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhumate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhumate.

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