What does "inurn" mean?

To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.

What is a synonym for "inurn"?

Common synonyms include: burst, bury, ensepulchre, enshrine, entomb, entomb.

verb

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Verb

1
To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container. transitive
"[…] the Sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly enurn’d Hath op’d his ponderous and Marble iawes, To cast thee vp againe"
2
To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died). transitive
"Now there are no other remains of its [Hadrian’s mausoleum’s] grandeur than a ball of bronze in the Vatican, which crowned its cupola, and was supposed to inurn the ashes of its Imperial founder."

"[…] the Sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly enurn’d Hath op’d his ponderous and Marble iawes, To cast thee vp againe"

From in- + urn.

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