cremate

Borrowed from Latin cremō (“I burn (something) to ashes; I cremate (something)”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹimeɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈmeɪt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈmeɪt/

cremate (third-person singular simple present cremates, present participle cremating, simple past and past participle cremated)

1. (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
2. (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

   I want to be cremated when I die.

• cremation
• crematorium

• McAteer, ceramet, meercat

cremate

1. inflection of cremare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

• camerte, certame

cremāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cremō