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Inter Meaning & Definition
Inter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inter?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inter: bury | entomb | inhume | lay to rest

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inter: bury | coffin | conduct a funeral | encoffin | ensepulcher | enshrine | entomb | hearse | inearth | inhume | inurn | lay away | lay to rest | plant | put away | sepulcher | sepulture | tomb | unite

See Also | lay | put down | repose

Inter In Webster's Dictionary

\In"ter-\ [L. inter, prep., among, between, a compar. form of in in; akin to intra, intro, within, Skr. antar between, in, and E. in. See {In}, and cf. {Entrails}, {Interior}, {Enter-}, {Exterior}.] A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
\In*ter"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interring}.] [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See {Terrace}.] To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. --Shak.

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