entomb

[ en-toom ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to place in a tomb; bury; inter.

  2. to serve as a tomb for: Florentine churches entomb many great men.

Origin of entomb

1
1425–75; late Middle English entoumben<Middle French entomber.See en-1, tomb

Other words from entomb

  • en·tomb·ment, noun
  • un·en·tombed, adjective

Words Nearby entomb

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How to use entomb in a sentence

  • I thought of the graves more hopeless fur than them that entomb the dead,—the graves where lay the livin' dead.

    Sweet Cicely | Josiah Allen's Wife: Marietta Holley
  • When the next day should dawn, its light is 'strangled,' and 'darkness does the face of earth entomb.'

    Shakespearean Tragedy | A. C. Bradley
  • See the black Prison Ship's expanding womb Impested thousands, quick and dead, entomb.

    The Columbiad | Joel Barlow
  • Thee the dogs shall rend Dishonorably, and the fowls of air, But all Achaia's host shall him entomb.

  • But the immortal spirit who shall fetter, who shall entomb it?

    The Blessed Hope | Edward Hoare

British Dictionary definitions for entomb

entomb

/ (ɪnˈtuːm) /


verb(tr)
  1. to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter

  2. to serve as a tomb for

Derived forms of entomb

  • entombment, noun

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