CREMATE


Meaning of CREMATE in English

— cremation /kri may"sheuhn/ , n.

/kree"mayt/ , v.t., cremated, cremating .

1. to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, esp. as a funeral rite.

2. to consume by fire; burn.

[ 1870-75; crematus ptp. of cremare to burn to ashes; see -ATE 1 ]

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