MEANING
1. To place remains in an urn, especially after cremation.
2. To place someone in a tomb or grave.
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Words that belong together
- inurn ashes
- inurn remains
On the page
They inurned the ashes before carrying the vessel to the chapel.
She asked that the remains be inurned beside those of her sister.
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Word forms
- Base
- inurn
- Past tense
- inurned
- Past participle
- inurned
- Present participle
- inurning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- inurn
- Present continuous
- am/is/are inurning
- Present perfect
- have/has inurned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been inurning
- Past
- inurned
- Past continuous
- was/were inurning
- Past perfect
- had inurned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been inurning
- Future
- will inurn
- Future continuous
- will be inurning
- Future perfect
- will have inurned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been inurning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: inurn; inurns; inurned; inurned; inurning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: inurns.
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