cre‧mate /krəˈmeɪt, krɪˈmeɪt $ ˈkriːmeɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of cremare 'to burn up, cremate']
to burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony
—cremation /krɪˈmeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲