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Definition hearse

Etymology

From Middle English herse, hers, herce, from Old French herce, from Medieval Latin hercia, from Latin herpicem, hirpex; ultimately from Oscan ?????? (hirpus, �wolf�), a reference to the teeth. The Oscan term is related to Latin hirsutus (�bristly, shaggy�). Doublet of hirsute.

Noun

hearse (plural hearses)

1. A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
2. 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.
3. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
4. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
5. A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

Verb

hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)

1. (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

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