cremate

[kree-meyt]

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verb (used with object), cre·mat·ed, cre·mat·ing.

to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
to consume by fire; burn.

Origin of cremate

1870–75; < Latin cremātus past participle of cremāre to burn to ashes; see -ate¹

Related formscre·ma·tion

[kri-mey-shuh n] /krɪˈmeɪ ʃən/, nounun·cre·mat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cremation

Contemporary Examples

Then Heal STL was burned down Monday like a moribund body for cremation.
The Baptism of Michael Brown Sr. and Ferguson’s Baptism by Fire
Justin Glawe
November 27, 2014
Cammue, whose agency has now performed a thorough assessment of the current cremation process at Boystown, is extremely concerned.
Rage Against the Ebola Crematorium
Abby Haglage
November 11, 2014
"Cremation is not necessary to have safe and dignified burial," Tarik Jasarevic tells me.
Rage Against the Ebola Crematorium
Abby Haglage
November 11, 2014
Last November, for example, I managed to track down a celebrated tantric at a cremation ground near Birbhum in West Bengal.
Road Tripping With Sufi Mystics
William Dalrymple
June 18, 2010

Historical Examples

For an instant Azuba stared, white-faced, at the cremation of the bonnet.
Cap'n Dan's Daughter
Joseph C. Lincoln
In Siam cremation is the general way of disposing of the dead.
Travels in the Far East
Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
It is but seldom that a cremation is not in progress at the burning ghat.
East of Suez
Frederic Courtland Penfield
It avoids even the fumes that are given off in cremation of the dead.
The Critic in the Orient
George Hamlin Fitch
The cremation, my dear, has nothing in truth to do with the Fixed Period.
The Fixed Period
Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for cremation

cremate

verb

(tr) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash

Derived Formscremation, nouncremationism, nouncremationist, noun

Word Origin

C19: from Latin cremāre

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Word Origin and History for cremation

n.

1620s, from Latin cremationem (nominative crematio), noun of action from past participle stem of cremare "to burn, consume by fire" (also used of the dead), from PIE *krem-, extended form of root *ker- "heat, fire" (see carbon).

cremate

v.

1874, a back-formation from cremation. Related: Cremated; cremating.

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Examples from the Web for cremation

Contemporary Examples

Then Heal STL was burned down Monday like a moribund body for cremation.

Cammue, whose agency has now performed a thorough assessment of the current cremation process at Boystown, is extremely concerned.

"Cremation is not necessary to have safe and dignified burial," Tarik Jasarevic tells me.

Last November, for example, I managed to track down a celebrated tantric at a cremation ground near Birbhum in West Bengal.

Historical Examples

For an instant Azuba stared, white-faced, at the cremation of the bonnet.

In Siam cremation is the general way of disposing of the dead.

It is but seldom that a cremation is not in progress at the burning ghat.

It avoids even the fumes that are given off in cremation of the dead.

The cremation, my dear, has nothing in truth to do with the Fixed Period.

cremate

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for cremation

n.

cremate

v.

Origin of cremate