entomb

[en-toom]

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verb (used with object)

to place in a tomb; bury; inter.

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

Also intomb.

Origin of entomb

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

Related formsen·tomb·ment, nounun·en·tombed, adjective

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Related Words for entomb

embalm, enshrine, inter, inhume, sepulcher, tomb, sepulture, ensepulcher, inurn

Examples from the Web for entomb

Historical Examples of entomb

Entomb him in silence and he'll be a body of death and corruption in two weeks.
The Thunders of Silence
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
James Champlin Fernald
To collect them was the first duty of his descendants and followers, and then to entomb them.
The Masculine Cross
Anonymous
Seemingly Wanderslore was fated to entomb one by one all my discarded possessions.
Memoirs of a Midget
Walter de la Mare
See the black Prison Ship's expanding womb Impested thousands, quick and dead, entomb.
The Columbiad
Joel Barlow

British Dictionary definitions for entomb

entomb

verb (tr)

to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter

to serve as a tomb for

Derived Formsentombment, noun

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Word Origin and History for entomb

1570s, from Old French entomber "place in a tomb," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + tombe "tomb" (see tomb). Related: Entombed; entombing.