Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Cremate
Cre′mate (kr?′m?t or kr?-m?t′), v. t. [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. crā to cook.] To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.