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Definition of inter
interred
;interring
transitive verb
: to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
From the M-W Editors
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
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After the attack in San Bernardino, California, in 2015, relatives of the killers, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, interred their bodies in a cemetery far from their California home after a closer graveyard rejected them.
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She is interred in Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
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The body was interred at a cemetery in Orange about 150 feet from where Kerrigan's wife is buried.
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She was interred at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland.
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And the tough times have possibly led to inter-office crime.
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There are 37 Confederate dead interred in the Confederate area, Lafser said.
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On Memorial Day, Robert Lau went to visit Mountain View, the historic Oakland cemetery where several of his family members are buried and others have paid a hefty price to be interred in the future.
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In 2017, former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was interred there.
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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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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
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
INTER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of inter- for English Language Learners
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: between : among : together
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: involving two or more
INTER Defined for Kids
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Definition of inter- for Students
1 : between : among : together intermingle
2 : mutual : mutually interrelation
3 : located, occurring, or carried on between international
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