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entomb

in'tu:m3 senses · 323 ms
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verb/ɪnˈtuːm/
  1. 1

    To deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.transitive

    • At Cihhu (Cihu), near the town of Dasi (Daxi), 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is “te
  2. 2

    To confine (someone or something) in restrictive surroundings.figurativelytransitive

    • You mocking Birds (quoth ſhe) your tunes intombe / VVithin your hollovv ſvvelling feathered breaſts, / […] / Raliſh your nimble notes to pleaſing eares, / Diſtres likes dũps vvhẽ [dumps when] time is kept vvith teares.

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