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verb

inter

in-TUR/ɪnˈtɜːr/

To bury a dead body in a grave or tomb.

The worker uses a shovel to inter the coffin in the cemetery.

A cemetery worker shovels earth into an open grave onto a lowered coffin while a mourner stands beside it, making the act of burial visible.
Etymology
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The pieces literally express putting something into the earth. That concrete action supplies the burial meaning: placing a dead body in the ground or a grave.

In context

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THE MASS GRAVE WAS SHALLOW, AND NEVER MEANT TO BE PERMANENT. Sablock: BUT NONE OF THOSE FRACTURES EXTEND DEEP ENOUGH TO INTER A BODY FOR 300 YEARS.
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More examples

  • The remains were interred in the village cemetery.
  • Workers prepared the tomb before the ceremony to inter the body.
  • The memorial identifies those interred beneath the church.

Forms

inter · inters · interred · interring

Similar words

bury
Bury applies to many objects; inter specifically places human remains in a grave or tomb.
entomb
Entomb places in a tomb; inter includes burial in the ground.