Lexic.us

Definition of Inhume

1. Verb. Place in a grave or tomb. "Sam cannot inhume Sue "; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

Definition of Inhume

1. v. t. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.

Definition of Inhume

1. Verb. (transitive) To bury in a grave. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhume

1. to bury [v -HUMED, -HUMING, -HUMES] - See also: bury

Medical Definition of Inhume

1. 1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. "Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume the natives in their native plain." (Pope) 2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes. Origin: Cf. F. Inhumer. See Inhumate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhume

Literary usage of Inhume

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publication by Illinois State Historical Society, Illinois State Historical Library (1904)
"Son corps a été inhume le lendemain dans le cimetière de cette paroisse, avec les ceremonies ... Son corps a été inhume le même jour dans le ..."

2. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"Futuna: tanu, to bury, to inhume, to cover with earth; tanuma, a tomb, ditch, trench. ... to plant, to bury, to inhume. ..."

3. The Lower Canada Jurist: Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada by Strachan Bethune, John Sprott Archibald, William Hey, John Stuart Buchan (1863)
"... dite Demanderesse) decede au dit St. Eustache le premier Novembre 1841. ou il a 6te inhume sous la nom de Louis Charles Lambert Dumont ; Severe Dumont, ..."

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