1. to bury a dead body in the ground
Usage: formal

Examples

• The family decided to inhume their grandfather in the local cemetery.
• Ancient cultures had various rituals to inhume their dead.
• The archaeologists carefully studied how the civilization chose to inhume their rulers.
• Local laws regulate where and how people may inhume human remains.
• The funeral director explained the process to inhume the deceased.
• They will inhume the body according to traditional customs.