Dictionary entry

Inter

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐ter″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Interred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Interring (?).] [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.