inhume

tr.v., -humed, -hum·ing, -humes.
To place in a grave; bury.

[French inhumer, from Old French, from Latin inhumāre : in-, in; see in-² + humus, earth.]

inhumation in'hu·ma'tion n.
inhumer in·hum'er n.

(in-HYOOM)

verb tr.
To bury.

Etymology
From Latin inhumare (to bury), from in- (in) + humus (earth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhghem- (earth) that also sprouted human, homicide, homage, chameleon, chamomile, and Persian zamindar (landholder)

Would someone who inhumes be called inhuman? Only if trying to hide the result of a homicide. A quick search of news articles shows that people exhume things 60 times as often as inhuming. And what do they exhume? Dead bodies, of course. We can't exhume anything more often than we inhume. It's just that the exhuming makes more news.

Usage
"NAACP officials staged a rather bizarre funeral this week in Detroit. They buried a word. With thousands of eager onlookers cheering the cause, the civil-rights organization symbolically inhumed the N-word." — James Ragland; Funeral is Not Enough to Put N-word to Rest; Dallas Morning News; Jul 14, 2007.

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verb

To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave: bury, entomb, inter, lay¹. Idioms: layputto rest. See show/hide.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: place in a grave or tomb
  Synonyms: bury, entomb, inter, lay to rest

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - begrave, jordfæste

Nederlands (Dutch)
begraven

Français (French)
v. tr. - inhumer

Deutsch (German)
v. - begraben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ενταφιάζω, θάβω

Italiano (Italian)
seppellire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inumar

Русский (Russian)
предавать земле

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inhumar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - begrava, jorda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
葬, 土葬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 葬, 土葬

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 매장하다, 토장하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 葬る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدفن, يلحد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קבר‬

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