to inter

Examples

• All

• The McGavocks eventually donated two acres to inter the Confederate dead.

  Blog text (27)

• Samoans traditionally inter their loved ones close to their homes, rather than in a communal area, so I knew at the outset that the overgrown gravestones I was examining marked the lonely bones of people from somewhere else, a graveyard of strangers.

  Academic text (2005)

• A lot of the nooks are over a hundred years old, although they still inter people there.

  Blog text (2)

• Nearby, other cult temples and tombs were built to inter other mummified animals.

  Academic text (2006)

• Later that summer, when we went to inter his ashes in the mausoleum in Hartford, the airline lost the suitcase they were shipped in.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The family gathered to inter their beloved grandmother in the cemetery near their home.

• Every year, the community comes together to inter veterans in the memorial park.

Synonyms

B

to bury

vsto inter

∞ 1.7

To put something in the ground and cover it with soil, for example a body or treasure

is the general term for placing a body that can include enclosed monuments

L

to lay to rest

vsto inter

21 4.0

To bury someone after a funeral

is the plain verb for placing a body in the earth

E

to entomb

vsto inter

11 8.1

To put a dead body in a tomb or enclose something as if buried

is the neutral act without the strong sense of enclosing other objects

I

to inhume

vsto inter

• Specialized

9.9

To put a dead body in a grave or tomb

is the common term rather than the more formal word

S

to sepulcher

vsto inter

• Literature

9.9

To put a dead body in a tomb during a ceremony

is the neutral verb without strong ceremonial tone

T

to tomb

vsto inter

• Archaic

9.3

To put a dead person into a grave

is broader applying to putting bodies in holes or monuments

Idioms

I

inter alia

• Formal

1 9.1

Including some items while leaving others out

Compounds

D

Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence

• Formal

5.9

The main government spy agency in Pakistan that gathers secret information about security

I

inter vivos trust

• Formal

9.2

A trust made while the owner is alive to manage money or property for other people

I

inter-group communication

4.2

Exchange of information between different groups in a company or organization

I

inter-service support

• Specialized

4.5

Help that one branch of the military gives another with supplies and paperwork

I

Inter-Services Intelligence

7.0

The main spy agency of Pakistan that gathers information inside and outside the country

How Formal

to inter

• Formal

4 8.7

to sepulcher

• Literature

9.9

to entomb

11 8.1

to bury

∞ 1.7

Surface Forms

Etymology