incremate

Who would tombstones bear, And lie beneath a lying epitaph, But that the dread of simmering after death— That uncongenial furnace from whose burn No incremate returns—weakens the will, And makes us rather bear the graves we have Than fly to ovens that we know not of?

Reptilia. creephole, n. retreat; subterfuge, expedient, makeshift excuse. creeping, a. crawling, reptile, reptant; fawning, truckling, obsequious, sycophantic. creeping, n. reptation; formication. creepingly, adv. insidiously, cunningly. cremate, v. incremate, incinerate. cremation, n. incremation, incineration.

Antonyms: disinterment, exhumation. burlesque, n. travesty, farce. burn, v. scorch, scald, singe, char, sear, cauterize, brand, consume, incinerate; cremate, incremate. burn, n. ambustion. burnable, a. combustible, inflammable.