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funeralize

American  
[fyoo-ner-uh-lahyz] / ˈfyu nər əˌlaɪz /
especially British, funeralise

verb (used with object)

funeralized, funeralizing

  1. to hold or officiate at a funeral service for.

Etymology

Origin of funeralize

1645–55 for earlier sense; funeral + -ize

Example Sentences

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Four days after his death, in the shed-1'ke white church at the end of a rutted whiteclay road, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered to funeralize Uncle Row.

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