COMBUST


Meaning of COMBUST in English

/keuhm bust"/ , v.i. , v.t.

burn.

[ 1325-75; ME combustus (ptp. of comburere to burn up, equiv. to com- COM- + -us- var. s. of urere to burn + -tus ptp. suffix; -b- by misanalysis of amburere, another deriv., as am- + -burere ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .