inter
v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to
rest]
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Inter- \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.
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Inter \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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INTER. Between, among; as, inter vivos, between living persons; inter alia,
among others.
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