verb
- 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.