inhume

[in-hyoom, -yoom]

verb (used with object)

inhumed, inhuming 

1. to bury; inter.

inhume

/ ɪnˈhjuːm /

verb

1. (tr) to inter; bury

Other Word Forms

• inhumation noun
• inhumer noun
• uninhumed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inhume¹

1610–20; < Medieval Latin inhumāre, equivalent to Latin in- in- ² + -humāre, derivative of humus earth ( humus ); exhume

Word History and Origins

Origin of inhume¹

C17: from Latin inhumāre, from _in- ² + humus ground

Example Sentences

Veil is being inhumed Sunday at the Paris monument with her husband Antoine, who died in 2013, in a symbolic ceremony in the presence of her family and dignitaries.

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These days, each region is boasting how much foreign food it has torched or inhumed.

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Theseus’ bones were piously brought back, and inhumed in Athens, where he was long worshiped as a demigod.

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The early Christians inhumed the bodies of their martyrs in their temples.

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For this reason they buried the weapons in the graves of their friends, and inhumed several captives with them, that they might have attendants in “the land of spirits.”

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