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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.in·ter
transitive verb \in-ˈtər\in·terredin·ter·ring
Definition of INTER
: to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
Examples of INTER
- a burial site where people have been interred for over a thousand years
- <the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery>
Origin of INTER
Middle English enteren, from Anglo-French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrare, from in- + Latin terra earth — more at terrace
First Known Use: 14th century
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Rhymes with INTER
as per, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, Big Sur, Bonheur, chasseur, chauffeur, claqueur, coiffeur, concur, confer, Crèvecoeur, danseur, defer, demur, deter, douceur, du jour, farceur, flaneur, frondeur, hauteur, him/her, his/her, incur, infer, jongleur, larkspur, liqueur, longspur, masseur, millefleur, occur, Pasteur, poseur, prefer, recur, refer, sandbur, sandspur, seigneur, transfer, voyeur, white fir
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