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)

  1. (rare) To inhume; to bury.
    • c. 1850-1869, Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn"
      Hath the inhumated
      Upward aspiring,
      Hath he consummated
      All his desiring?

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

inhumāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inhumātus

Spanish

Verb

inhumate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of inhumar combined with te