Cremate

Cre″mate (kr?″m?t or kr?–m?t″), v. t. [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr� 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.