inter

verb in·ter \ in-ˈtər \

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of inter

interred; interring

transitive verb

: to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb

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Examples of inter in a Sentence

a burial site where people have been interred for over a thousand years
the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery

Recent Examples of inter from the Web

The architect of City Hall, George Frederick, is also interred at New Cathedral.

— jacques kelly, baltimoresun.com, "Jacques Kelly: New Cathedral is resting place for notable Baltimoreans, and small flock of Orioles greats," 14 Apr. 2018
Fay Gjertson, Roy’s wife, died in 2006 and was interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

— peter rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Roy Gjertson, WWII veteran and postage stamp designer, dies at 92," 12 Apr. 2018
Andre Cailloux's remains were interred in St. Louis Cemetery No.

— mike scott, NOLA.com, "In 1863, this New Orleans man made history. It cost him his life," 12 Apr. 2018
Those who couldn’t afford burials or whose bodies were unclaimed lie in these cemeteries, and historians for decades have worked to identify thousands of Cook County residents who were interred at Dunning.

— nereida moreno, chicagotribune.com, "As workers dig at new CPS school site, they try to avoid Dunning’s unmarked graves," 5 Apr. 2018
The case file on Lyle Charpilloz indicates now that some of his remains were interred in the Punchbowl at that time under the label Tarawa Unknown X-5.

— salem statesman journal, OregonLive.com, "Remains of Marine killed in WWII heading home to Oregon," 4 Apr. 2018
Norvell and the other dozen were interred on Oct. 13.

— jonathan glover, The Seattle Times, "Trail of ashes: A Spokane man’s work to restore identity to the unclaimed dead," 29 Mar. 2018
Landscape architects designed the layout, and as the cemetery grew and more residents were interred, the design grew with it.

— jennifer billock, Smithsonian, "From Yoga to Movie Nights: How Cemeteries Are Trying to Attract the Living," 22 Mar. 2018
Killed in an ambush in Korea less than a month before his 22nd birthday, he was initially buried in Korea before being interred in Hawaii.

— thomas gnau, ajc, "Korean War soldier identified after 67 years," 10 Mar. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of inter

Middle English enteren, from Anglo-French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrare, from in- + Latin terra earth — more at ¹terrace

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inter Synonyms

inter-

prefix

Definition of inter-

1 : between : among : in the midst

intercrop

interpenetrate

interstellar

2 : reciprocal

interrelation

: reciprocally

intermarry

3 : located between

interstation

4 : carried on between

international

5 : occurring between

interborough

: intervening

interglacial

6 : shared by, involving, or derived from two or more

interfaith

7 : between the limits of : within

intertropical

8 : existing between

intercommunal

intercompany

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Origin and Etymology of inter-

Middle English inter-, enter-, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inter-, entre-, from Latin inter-, from inter; akin to Old High German untar among, Greek enteron intestine, Old English in in