inhumate

English

Etymology

From Latin inhumatus, past participle of inhumare (“to inhume”), from in- (“in”) + humare (“to cover with earth”). See humation, and compare inhume.

Verb

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

  1. To inhume; to bury.
    • Frederic Henry Hedge
      Hath the inhumated
      Upward aspiring,
      Hath he consummated
      All his desiring?

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

inhumāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inhumātus
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