Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incinerate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, [LL. incineratus, p. p. of
incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris,
ashes.]
Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.]
To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. --Bacon.
It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incinerate
v : cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burn
only Diesel oil" [syn: {burn}]
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