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inurn, v.|ɪˈnɜːn|
Also 7 en-.
[in-2.]
trans. To put (the ashes of a cremated body) in an urn; hence transf., to entomb, bury, inter. Also fig. Hence iˈnurned ppl. a., iˈnurning vbl. n.; iˈnurnment, the process of placing the ashes of a cremated body into an urn.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. iv. 49 Why the Sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly enurn'd, Hath op'd his ponderous and Marble iawes, To cast thee vp againe? a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 350 Thither he return'd In his Birth-place to be inurn'd. 1715–20Pope Iliad vii. 451 Let a truce be ask'd, that Troy may burn Her slaughter'd heroes, and their bones inurn. 1766E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 160 Like the inurned Ashes, or embalmed Heart. 1819Byron Juan i. iv, There's no more to be said of Trafalgar, 'Tis with our hero quietly inurn'd. 1839Mrs. Browning Sabbath Morn. at Sea vi, I oft had seen the dawnlight..break Through many a mist's inurning. 1845Hirst Com. Mammoth, etc. 117 If thou wilt but inurn, love, The ashes of the past. 1861Sat. Rev. 7 Sept. 253 The body was sometimes burnt and inurned, but sometimes buried. 1934Amer. Speech IX. 317/1 Olivet Memorial Park provides every service for Entombments, Inurnments, Interments. 1948E. Waugh Loved One 36 Normal disposal is by inhumement, entombment, inurnment or immurement, but many people..prefer insarcophagusment. |