ensepulchre

Etymology

From en- + sepulchre.

ensepulchre means To confine in, or as if in, a sepulchre. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ENSEPULCHRE — [Verb] To confine in, or as if in, a sepulchre; to entomb. Formed within English from the prefix en- (meaning "to put into or on") and the noun sepulchre (meaning "a tomb, burial vault"). Unlike "inter," which denotes the specific, solemn rite of burial, or "enshroud," which suggests a veiling in obscurity, to ensepulchre is to consign something to a monumental and permanent enclosure of stone or circumstance. It is the deliberate sealing of a pharaoh within his pyramid, the cathedral silence of a closed mausoleum, and the way a cherished grievance is walled up in the catacombs of the heart—a testament to the human talent for building our own vaults and then, carefully, locking ourselves inside.

verb

To confine in, or as if in, a sepulchre.“Look to it – is it likely that the corpse ensepulchred will take with lovingkindness these offerings from her, by whom he died dishonoured, like one loathed, and was marred by her mishewing?”