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inter

place in a grave or tomb: They will inter him tomorrow.

Not to be confused with:

enter – to come or go into; penetrate: enter a room; enter the bloodstream

intern – to restrict or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war: They will intern the prisoners at the camp for at least a month.

in·ter

(ĭn-tûr′)

tr.v. in·terred, in·ter·ring, in·ters

To place in a grave or tomb; bury.

[Middle English enteren, from Old French enterrer, from Medieval Latin interrāre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

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inter

(ɪnˈtɜː)

vb, -ters, -terring or -terred

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

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

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in•ter

(ɪnˈtɜr)

v.t. -terred, -ter•ring.

to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.

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

inter-

a prefix meaning “between, among,” “mutually, reciprocally”: intercity; interdepartmental; intermarry; interweave.

[Middle English < Latin prefixal use of inter (preposition and adv.); compare interior]

inter

Past participle: interred
Gerund: interring

Imperative
inter
inter

Present
I inter
you inter
he/she/it inters
we inter
you inter
they inter

Preterite
I interred
you interred
he/she/it interred
we interred
you interred
they interred

Present Continuous
I am interring
you are interring
he/she/it is interring
we are interring
you are interring
they are interring

Present Perfect
I have interred
you have interred
he/she/it has interred
we have interred
you have interred
they have interred

Past Continuous
I was interring
you were interring
he/she/it was interring
we were interring
you were interring
they were interring

Past Perfect
I had interred
you had interred
he/she/it had interred
we had interred
you had interred
they had interred

Future
I will inter
you will inter
he/she/it will inter
we will inter
you will inter
they will inter

Future Perfect
I will have interred
you will have interred
he/she/it will have interred
we will have interred
you will have interred
they will have interred

Future Continuous
I will be interring
you will be interring
he/she/it will be interring
we will be interring
you will be interring
they will be interring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been interring
you have been interring
he/she/it has been interring
we have been interring
you have been interring
they have been interring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been interring
you will have been interring
he/she/it will have been interring
we will have been interring
you will have been interring
they will have been interring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been interring
you had been interring
he/she/it had been interring
we had been interring
you had been interring
they had been interring

Conditional
I would inter
you would inter
he/she/it would inter
we would inter
you would inter
they would inter

Past Conditional
I would have interred
you would have interred
he/she/it would have interred
we would have interred
you would have interred
they would have interred

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Verb

inter - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

entomb, inhume, lay to rest, bury

lay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

inter

verb bury, lay to rest, entomb, sepulchre, consign to the grave, inhume, inurn the spot where his bones were originally interred

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inter

verb

To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave:

bury, entomb, inhume, lay.

Idiom: lay to rest.

Translations

يَدْفِن

pohřbít

begrave

grafa, jarîsetja

laidojimas

apbedītapglabāt

gömmek

埋葬

inter

[ɪnˈtɜːʳ] VT → enterrar, sepultar

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inter

[ɪnˈtɜː^r] vt → enterrer

inter

vt (form) → bestatten

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inter

[ɪnˈtɜːʳ] vt (frm) → seppellire

inter

(inˈtəː) – past tense, past participle inˈterred – verb

to bury (a person etc).

inˈterment noun

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Better saith he, qui finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae.

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This connection was thus kept private for two reasons, one of which, in the freedom of their inter course, was frankly avowed to Marmaduke, while the other continued profoundly hid in the bosom of his friend, The last was nothing more than pride.