inter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place in a grave or tomb
    lay to rest; inhume; bury; entomb.
    • 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

WordNet

In*ter" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Interred ; present participle & verbal noun Interring
Definitions
  1. To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. Shak.

Webster 1913