cremation

Variant of cremate

cremate Definition

cre·mate (krē′māt′, kri māt′)

transitive verb cremated -·mat′ed, cremating -·mat′·ing

to burn up, esp. to burn (a dead body) to ashes

Etymology: < L crematus, pp. of cremare, to burn < IE base *ker-, to burn > hearth, L carbo, coal

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