Meaning of INTER-
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest |
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| | See Also: | | lay, put down, repose | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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