funeralizev.
/ˈfjuːn(ə)rəlʌɪz/, /ˈfjuːn(ə)rlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈfjun(ə)rəˌlaɪz/ .† 1. transitive. To render sad or melancholy. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)]
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1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea ii. 119 It transfixes my soule, that the first day in which I have had the fortune to reverence you should be funeralized [It. funestato] with things most molestfull.
2. Chiefly U.S. colloquial and regional (chiefly southern and south Midland).
a. intransitive. To perform funeral rites; to hold a funeral or memorial service.
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1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 164 To Funeralize. To perform the clerical duties preparatory to a funeral. Southern.
1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 283 They've got the whole blessed square to funeralise in!
1946 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 22 Dec. 6/1 There is humour..in the story of the Mountain-Baptist funeralizing for Pa who had been dead seven years.
2013 Imus Simulcast (Nexis) 18 Oct. Tomorrow, we're funeralizing at our church.
b. transitive. To hold a funeral or memorial service for (a person).In earliest use: to perform funeral rites over (a grave).
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1863 W. W. Malet Errand to South Summer 1862 xi. 201 I was asked..to ‘funeralise’ three graves of children who..were buried without the regular service.
1876 Sunday Chron. (Logansport, Indiana) 5 Nov. ‘I funeralized the Rev. Mr. Philips yesterday,’ says a reverend writer in the Methodist.
1948 Time 13 Dec. 29/1 His children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered to funeralize Uncle Row.
1978 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. 26 When that poor family..lost their little boy, he funeralized the child for nothing, didn't even mention money.
2012 Oklahoman (Nexis) 3 Mar. 1 d We weren't just funeralizing a celebrity; we were celebrating the home-going of a Christian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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