entomber
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entomber — un homme, id est, le mettre dedans le tombeau. Ronsard … Thresor de la langue françoyse
entomber — (entrée créée par le supplément) (an ton bé) v. a. Néologisme. Mettre dans la tombe. • Cette famille [les Chateaubriand], qui avait semé l or selon sa devise, voyait de sa gentilhommière les riches abbayes qu elle avait fondées et qui… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Entomb — En*tomb , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entombed — Entomb En*tomb , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entombing — Entomb En*tomb , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entombing}.] [Pref. en + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
entomb — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en + tombe tomb Date: 1565 1. to deposit in or as if in a tomb ; bury 2. to serve as a tomb for • entombment noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of English words of French origin — Great number of words of French origin have entered the English language to the extent that around 30% of its vocabulary is of French origin. It is via French that many Latin words have come to the English language. Most of the French vocabulary… … Wikipedia
entomb — entombment, n. /en toohm /, v.t. 1. to place in a tomb; bury; inter. 2. to serve as a tomb for: Florentine churches entomb many great men. Also, intomb. [1425 75; late ME entoumben < MF entomber. See EN 1, TOMB] * * * … Universalium
entomb — 1570s, from O.Fr. entomber place in a tomb, from en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + tombe tomb (see TOMB (Cf. tomb)). Related: Entombed; entombing … Etymology dictionary
entomb — verb 1》 place in a tomb. 2》 bury in or under. Derivatives entombment noun Origin ME: from OFr. entomber … English new terms dictionary
