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cremate

VT เผาศพ  phaol-sob

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CREMATE

Cre "mate (kr "mt or kr-mt "), v. t. Etym: [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr to cook. ]

 

Defn: To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cremate

cre mate |ˈkrēˌmāt, kriˈmāt krəˈmeɪt ˈkriˌmeɪt | verb [ with obj. ] dispose of (a dead person's body ) by burning it to ashes, typically after a funeral ceremony. informal burn (something ), typically food. DERIVATIVES cre ma tion |kriˈmāSHən |noun, cre ma tor |-mātər |noun ORIGIN late 19th cent. (as cremation ): from Latin cremare burn.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cremate

cre |mate |krɪˈmeɪt | verb dispose of (a dead person's body ) by burning it to ashes, typically after a funeral ceremony: she had refused to have her husband cremated. DERIVATIVES cremation |-ˈmeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, cremator noun ORIGIN late 19th cent. (as cremation ): from Latin cremare burn .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cremate

cre mate /kríːmeɪt |krəméɪt /動詞 他動詞 〈死体など 〉を火葬にする ; …を焼却する .