inter

[in-tur]

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verb (used with object), in·terred, in·ter·ring.

to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
Obsolete. to put into the earth.

Origin of inter

1275–1325; Middle English enteren < Middle French enterrer, probably < Vulgar Latin *interrāre, derivative of terra earth; see in-²

Related formsre·in·ter, verb (used with object), re·in·terred, re·in·ter·ring.un·in·terred, adjective

Can be confusedenter inter

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Related Words for interring

plant, inhume, entomb, sepulcher, tomb, sepulture, inurn

Examples from the Web for interring

Historical Examples of interring

The manner of interring the dead among the Tartars is not uniform.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China
Evariste Regis Huc
Burning or interring was adopted, by the ancients, at the will of the relatives.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)
A Sexton of the Old School
Their manner of interring the dead has been amply described.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
Watkin Tench
The soldiers, who had so lately been employed in interring their victims, were now called on to bury their own dead.
The Deerslayer
James Fenimore Cooper
The subterranean Places or Catacombs, for interring those that worship here, are worth seeing.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I
Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz

British Dictionary definitions for interring

inter

verb -ters, -terring or -terred

(tr) to place (a body) in the earth; bury, esp with funeral rites

Word Origin for inter

C14: from Old French enterrer, from Latin in- ² + terra earth

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Word Origin and History for interring

inter

c.1300, from Old French enterer (11c.), from Medieval Latin interrare "put in the earth, bury," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + terra "earth" (see terrain). Related: Interred; interring.