incinerate

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English

Etymology

From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (to burn into ashes), from cinis (ashes).

Pronunciation

Verb

incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)

  1. (transitive) To destroy by burning.

Translations

Adjective

incinerate (not comparable)

  1. (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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

incinerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of incinerō

Spanish

Verb

incinerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of incinerar combined with te