hearse

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Synonyms: hoarse, herse, harse, heare, hearte, hearst, hears, pearse, hearne, kearse, bearse

Antonyms: hoarse, herse, harse, heare, hearte, hearst, hears, pearse, hearne, kearse, bearse

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Noun

1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
4. A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

Verb

1. To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

Noun

1. Alternative form of hearst (“A hind (female deer) in the second or third year of her age”).

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