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Cremate
Cre′mate
(kr?′m?t or kr?-m?t′)
, Verb.
T.
[L.
crematus
, p. p. of cremare
to burn; cf. Skr. cr[GREEK]
to cook.] 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