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cremate
cre·mate C0738300 (krē′māt′, krĭ-māt′)tr.v. cre·mat·ed, cre·mat·ing, cre·mates To incinerate (a corpse). [Latin cremāre, cremāt-; see ker- in Indo-European roots.] cre·ma′tion (krĭ-mā′shən) n.cre′ma′tor n.cremate (krɪˈmeɪt) vb (tr) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash[C19: from Latin cremāre] creˈmation n creˈmationism n creˈmationist ncre•mate (ˈkri meɪt) v.t. -mat•ed, -mat•ing. to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, esp. as a funeral rite. [1870–75; < Latin cremātus, past participle of cremāre to burn to ashes] cre•ma•tion (krɪˈmeɪ ʃən) n. cremate Past participle: cremated Gerund: cremating
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I cremate | you cremate | he/she/it cremates | we cremate | you cremate | they cremate |
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I cremated | you cremated | he/she/it cremated | we cremated | you cremated | they cremated |
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I am cremating | you are cremating | he/she/it is cremating | we are cremating | you are cremating | they are cremating |
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I have cremated | you have cremated | he/she/it has cremated | we have cremated | you have cremated | they have cremated |
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I was cremating | you were cremating | he/she/it was cremating | we were cremating | you were cremating | they were cremating |
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I had cremated | you had cremated | he/she/it had cremated | we had cremated | you had cremated | they had cremated |
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I will cremate | you will cremate | he/she/it will cremate | we will cremate | you will cremate | they will cremate |
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I will have cremated | you will have cremated | he/she/it will have cremated | we will have cremated | you will have cremated | they will have cremated |
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I will be cremating | you will be cremating | he/she/it will be cremating | we will be cremating | you will be cremating | they will be cremating |
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I have been cremating | you have been cremating | he/she/it has been cremating | we have been cremating | you have been cremating | they have been cremating |
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I will have been cremating | you will have been cremating | he/she/it will have been cremating | we will have been cremating | you will have been cremating | they will have been cremating |
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I had been cremating | you had been cremating | he/she/it had been cremating | we had been cremating | you had been cremating | they had been cremating |
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I would cremate | you would cremate | he/she/it would cremate | we would cremate | you would cremate | they would cremate |
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I would have cremated | you would have cremated | he/she/it would have cremated | we would have cremated | you would have cremated | they would have cremated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | cremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" | Translationscremate (kriˈmeit) , (ˈkriːmeit) verb to burn dead (human) bodies. He asked to be cremated, not buried. 焚化 焚化creˈmation noun 火葬 火葬crematorium (kreməˈtoːriəm) noun a place where cremation is carried out. 火葬場 火葬场EncyclopediaSeecremationcremate
cremate (krē′māt″, kri-māt′) [L. cremare, to burn to ashes] To reduce a dead body to ash by burning. cremation (kri-mā′shŏn) cremate
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