to inhume

Examples

• All

• To honor his wishes, we must inhume him beside his wife.

• After the ceremony, they will inhume the ashes in a special location.

• The feminine implanted itself in his soul through a series of darts: Berthe's beauty, her ability to engender and to inhume, an unrequited demand for love, irrevocable withdrawal.

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

B

to bury

vsto inhume

∞ 1.7

To put something in the ground and cover it with soil, for example a body or treasure

refers specifically to placing a dead body in a grave, not any ground covering

L

to lay to rest

vsto inhume

21 4.0

To bury someone after a funeral

is the plain term for placing a body without the idiomatic respectful tone

E

to entomb

vsto inhume

11 8.1

To put a dead body in a tomb or enclose something as if buried

is the general act of burial rather than specifically enclosing in a tomb

I

to inter

vsto inhume

• Formal

4 8.7

To put a dead body in a grave

is the same action but used as the technical dictionary form

C

to crypt

vsto inhume

• Archaic

1 9.9

To put a dead body in an underground stone room

is a general grave placement term not limited to stone chambers

T

to tomb

vsto inhume

• Archaic

9.3

To put a dead person into a grave

is the general act of burial not limited to ceremony

S

to sepulcher

vsto inhume

• Literature

9.9

To put a dead body in a tomb during a ceremony

is broader and neutral, covering all standard burial situations

Antonyms

E

to exhume

• Specialized

34 8.1

To dig up a body from the ground for checking or burying again

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology