CREMATE


Meaning of CREMATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrē-ˌmāt, kri-ˈ ]

transitive verb

( cre·mat·ed ; cre·mat·ing )

Etymology: Latin crematus, past participle of cremare to burn up, cremate

Date: 1874

: to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning

• cre·ma·tion kri-ˈmā-shən noun

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