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inhume
(in¦hume)
Pronunciation:
/ɪnˈhjuːm/
verb
[
with object
]
literary
bury:
no hand his bones shall gather or inhume
Origin:
early 17th century
: from Latin
inhumare
, from
in-
'into' +
humus
'ground'
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