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sepult

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

buried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To bury or inter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • c. 1650 (reprinted 2006), Jeremiah Whitaker, Social Histories of Disability and Deformity: Bodies, Images and Experiences, Routledge, page not listed I have listed a long time amongst divers Nations... and (without National indulgence) could not apprehend any excellency unmatchable in England, especially before these latter Rebellious Ages, which was the discouragement of all Artists, and the suppression of Arts and Sciences; and in policy formented by all neighburing Nations for the universal advance of their profit, and reputation of their Nation: and by their Industry and our own rebellious spirits, the Gallantry, Honour, Education and Antient renown of our own Country hath been sepulted in oblivion.

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History

Etymology

From Latin sepultus.