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cremate

cre·mate

UK/kɹɪˈmeɪt/ US/ˈkɹimeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

reduce to ashes

  • “Cremate a corpse”

Origin

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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