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inter Definition

in·ter (in tʉr′)

transitive verb -·terred′, -·ter′·ring

to put (a dead body) into a grave or tomb; bury

Etymology: ME enteren < OFr enterrer < VL *interrare, to put in the earth < L in, in + terra, earth: see thrust

inter Synonyms

inter

v.

tomb, entomb, inhume; see bury 1.

inter Usage Examples

Object

  • partes: An application under section 11 may be made ex parte or inter partes.
  • vivos: The grantees, who acquire the assets by reason of a gift or gratuitous transfer inter vivos ( among people still alive ).
  • intra: See also: molecule, molmec, molq, rtol, inter, intra, and both.
  • co-operation: The author also recognizes the fragmentation of the policing function and wonders whether inter agency co-operation can be achieved under such circumstances.
  • reliability: This seemed to suggest that staff needed further training so as to prevent problems of inter rater reliability.
  • cooperation: Everyone took advantage of the training day but how much inter school cooperation actually took place?

Present participle complement

  • link: AT 30th Jan 2004 Added more ' inter linking ' in the site, to try to tie together articles and category sections.

Adjective complement

  • ..: I know she is keen to hear from anyone with an inter...

Modifying Another Word

  • decently: Toland died on the 11th of March 1722, and was decently interred in the church-yard ( fn.
  • oft: The good famed men do lives after them, the evil is oft interred with their bones.
  • in: On one side there was waste ground where houses recently destroyed in inter ethnic clashes had not been rebuilt.
  • here: Members of the Saxon royal family were interred here.
  • that: TMD said that inter parties work was becoming more complicated at an earlier stage with a resultant increase in correspondence.
  • on: With only a lap of wet practice and me on inters, I was tentative to say the least!

Preposition: in

  • vault: He was himself interred in the same vault on his death in 1836.
  • churchyard: Brigham Church is reputed to be haunted by a hangman named Joseph Wilson, who was interred in the churchyard in the year 1757.
  • cemetery: His remains are interred in the Cemetery belonging this Church.
  • grave: Where no identification is possible, the corpse is interred in a grave with a full military funeral.
  • ground: William Lewis, a pauper from the workhouse, was the first to be interred in the new burial ground on September 4th.
  • plot: Cremated remains can also be interred in a grave plot in Chelmsford Cemetery.