entomb
Americanverb (used with object)
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to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
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to serve as a tomb for.
Florentine churches entomb many great men.
verb
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to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter
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to serve as a tomb for
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of entomb
1425–75; late Middle English entoumben < Middle French entomber. See en- 1, tomb
Example Sentences
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This symphonic suite, taken from Hindemith's opera about 16th-Century Painter Matthias Gr�newald, describes three sections of Matthias' great Isenheim Altarpiece: Angelic Concert, Entomb ment, Temptation of St. Anthony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Entomb, en-tōōm′, v.t. to place in a tomb: to bury.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Entomb thyself," said the voice, "and hold on tight!
From Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider
Cease, cease, harsh tongue: untuned music, rest; Entomb thy sorrows in thy hollow breast.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
I would that as the corporal Past they cover, They would, at earnest bidding of the will, Entomb in walls of darkness and devour The hated retrospections of the mind.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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