Cremate. World English Historical Dictionary

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v. [f. L. cremāt- ppl. stem of cremāre to burn, consume by fire, cremate.] To consume by fire, to burn; spec. to reduce (a corpse) to ashes. Hence Cremated ppl. a.; Cremating vbl. sb. and ppl. a.

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1874.  F. Hall, in Nation (N. Y.), XIX. 425/1. Satî, or a woman who is cremated with her husband.

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1878.  Ann. Reg., 127. The construction of a cremating apparatus. Ibid. (1889), 18. The body of the Marquess of Ely was cremated at Woking.

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1889.  Pall Mall Gaz., 26 Dec., 6/2. Mortuary urns containing cremated Greeks’ ashes.

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