v. t. [ L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr&unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[しんぼとけ;あらぼとけ;にいぼとけ, shinbotoke ; arabotoke ; niibotoke](n) (1) (See 御盆) spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death; (2) the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)[Add to Longdo]