\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.