incinerate
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō ("to burn into ashes"), from cinis ("ashes").
Pronunciation Verbincinerate (incinerates, present participle incinerating; simple past and past participle incinerated)
Translations- French: incinérer
- German: verbrennen
- Portuguese: incinerar
- Russian: сжига́ть
- Spanish: incinerar
incinerate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC ↗:
- FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate
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