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cre·mate

(krē′māt′, krĭ-māt′)

tr.v. cre·mat·ed, cre·mat·ing, cre·mates

To incinerate (a corpse).

[Latin cremāre, cremāt-; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

cre·ma′tion (krĭ-mā′shən) n.

cre′ma′tor n.

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cremate

(krɪˈmeɪt)

(tr) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash

[C19: from Latin cremāre]

creˈmation n

creˈmationism n

creˈmationist n

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cre•mate

(ˈkri meɪt)

v.t. -mat•ed, -mat•ing.

to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, esp. as a funeral rite.

[1870–75; < Latin cremātus, past participle of cremāre to burn to ashes]

cre•ma•tion (krɪˈmeɪ ʃən) n.

cremate

Past participle: cremated
Gerund: cremating

Imperative
cremate
cremate

Present
I cremate
you cremate
he/she/it cremates
we cremate
you cremate
they cremate

Preterite
I cremated
you cremated
he/she/it cremated
we cremated
you cremated
they cremated

Present Continuous
I am cremating
you are cremating
he/she/it is cremating
we are cremating
you are cremating
they are cremating

Present Perfect
I have cremated
you have cremated
he/she/it has cremated
we have cremated
you have cremated
they have cremated

Past Continuous
I was cremating
you were cremating
he/she/it was cremating
we were cremating
you were cremating
they were cremating

Past Perfect
I had cremated
you had cremated
he/she/it had cremated
we had cremated
you had cremated
they had cremated

Future
I will cremate
you will cremate
he/she/it will cremate
we will cremate
you will cremate
they will cremate

Future Perfect
I will have cremated
you will have cremated
he/she/it will have cremated
we will have cremated
you will have cremated
they will have cremated

Future Continuous
I will be cremating
you will be cremating
he/she/it will be cremating
we will be cremating
you will be cremating
they will be cremating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cremating
you have been cremating
he/she/it has been cremating
we have been cremating
you have been cremating
they have been cremating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cremating
you will have been cremating
he/she/it will have been cremating
we will have been cremating
you will have been cremating
they will have been cremating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cremating
you had been cremating
he/she/it had been cremating
we had been cremating
you had been cremating
they had been cremating

Conditional
I would cremate
you would cremate
he/she/it would cremate
we would cremate
you would cremate
they would cremate

Past Conditional
I would have cremated
you would have cremated
he/she/it would have cremated
we would have cremated
you would have cremated
they would have cremated

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Verb

cremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"

burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

Translations

يَحْرِق جُثّـة ميِّتـه

zpopelnit

brændekremere

einäschernkremieren

incinérer

elhamvaszthamvaszt

brenna

cremare crematorio cremazione

kremacijakrematoriumaskremuoti

kremēt

cremate

[krɪˈmeɪt] VT → incinerar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cremate

[krɪˈmeɪt] vt → incinérer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cremate

vt → einäschern, kremieren (rare)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cremate

[krɪˈmeɪt] vt → cremare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cremate

(kriˈmeit) , (ˈkriːmeit) verb

to burn dead (human) bodies. He asked to be cremated, not buried.

creˈmation noun

crematorium (kreməˈtoːriəm) noun

a place where cremation is carried out.

cremate

vt. incinerar.

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