inter

• POS: Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

inter, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inter, v.tr. (interred, interring) deposit (a corpse etc.) in the earth, a tomb, etc.; bury.

Etymology

ME f. OF enterrer f. Rmc (as IN-(2), L terra earth)

THESAURUS

inter

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

ROGET THESAURUS

inter

Interment

VB inter, bury, lay in the grave, consign to the grave, lay in the tomb, entomb, in tomb, inhume, lay out, perform a funeral, embalm, mummify, toll the knell, put to bed with a shovel, inurn, exhume, disinter, unearth.