inhumate
English
Etymology
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.
Verb
inhumate (third-person singular simple present inhumates, present participle inhumating, simple past and past participle inhumated)
- (rare) To inhume; to bury.
- c. 1850-1869, Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn"
- Hath the inhumated
Upward aspiring,
Hath he consummated
All his desiring?
- Hath the inhumated
- c. 1850-1869, Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn"
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Latin
Adjective
inhumāte
- vocative masculine singular of inhumātus
Spanish
Verb
inhumate