单词 | retomb |
释义 | retombv. transitive. To entomb again; = re-entomb v. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] > rebury rebury1584 re-entomb?1594 retomb1605 reinter1611 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 202 The Beast..Re-whelpes her whelpes, and in her tender wombe, She doth as oft her liuing brood re-toomb [Fr. entombe autant de fois]. 1623 J. Hagthorpe Visiones Rerum 37 Within her armes the Ape her youngling beares..In her wondrous wombe Doth the Chyurca hers as oft retombe. 1838 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr., Antiquarian & Picturesque Tour Northern Counties II. i. 451 The body of Burns was disentombed, to be retombed with greater pomp and solemnity. 1986 J. Mack Madagascar i. 51 Only royalty were left in the first place of burial and neither retombed nor subsequently rewrapped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1605 |
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