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▪ I. inter, v.|ɪnˈtɜː(r)| Forms: α. 4–5 entir, -tyre, 4–6 -tere, -tyr, 4–7 -ter, -terre, 5 -tire, -tiere, -tyer(e, 5–6 -tier, 7 -terr. β. 5 intyr, yntyr, 6 intere, 6–8 -terre, 7–8 -terr, 5– inter. [ME. a. OF. enterre-r (11th c. in Littré) = Pr., Sp. enterrar, It. interrare, prob. late pop.L. interrāre (in med.L. 11th c.), f. in- (in-2) + terra earth, for cl. L. inhumāre, inhume.] 1. trans. To deposit (a corpse) in the earth, or in a grave or tomb; to inhume, bury. α1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6390 Þe sone..come home to þe enteryng. 1375Barbour Bruce xix. 224 Thar, with gret solempnite And with gret dule, entyrit wes he. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxiii, In þe kyrk of Dwnfermlyne Hys Body wes enteryd syne. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. li, Thenne the kynge lete entyere them in a chappel. 1513More in Hall Chron., Edw. V (1548) 14 b, His body and head wer enterred at Wyndesore. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccxiv. 482 To be entred with the greatter solemnytie. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. iii. ii. 81 The euill that men do, liues after them, The good is oft enterred with their bones. a1631Donne Poems (1650) 35 Dead and enterr'd. β1499Promp. Parv. 140/2 (Pynson) Entyryn or intyryn dede men. 1565–73Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Componere, To bury or interre. 1587Mirr. Mag., Albanact xlii, To interre the dead. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 58 Being come to the Burying-place where the Corps is to be Interr'd, they take it out of the Coffin. 1711Addison Spect. No. 164 ⁋10 She..was interred according to her Request. 1755Capt. P. Drake i. 3 Staying but one Day after the Battle to inter Lord Dungan. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 44 James..had not ventured to inter his brother with the rites of the Church of Rome. b. transf. and fig.
1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. iii. 123, I will interre my selfe in Ploydens coffin. 1601Cornwallis Ess. ii. xxviii. (1631) 24 O Signieur..give me leave to interre myself in your armes. 1651tr. De las-Coveras' Hist. Don Fenise 136, I resolved to enterre my selfe alive in this desert. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 137 Yet man, fool man! here buries all his thoughts; Interrs celestial hopes without one sigh. †2. Said of a tomb: To enclose the corpse of.
1631Milton Epit. Marchioness Winchester 1 This rich marble doth inter The honoured wife of Winchester. †3. To place (anything) in the ground; to cover up with soil; = bury v. 3. Obs.
1601Holland Pliny II. 17 It is very good to enterre and couer with mould round about the leaues, now one, and then another. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) 19 Be circumspect never to interr your stem deeper than you found it standing. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth (1702) 13 How these Sea-shells..became interr'd in the bowels of the Earth. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., Gardeners also Interr, or earth up, sellery, endive, and lettice, to blanch, or whiten..them. ▪ II. † inter, n. Sc. Obs. rare—1. In 6 entire, -tyre. [f. prec. vb.] = interment.
1513Douglas æneis vi. ii. 151 Til his funerale entire [ed. 1553 entyre], or sacrifice, Do bring the blak beistis. ▪ III. † inter obs. form of enter v.
1494Acc. Ld. High Treas. (Dickson) I. 250 To Jhone Lame quhen he interit, xviijs. ▪ IV. ‖ inter, prep.|ˈɪntə(r)| The L. preposition = ‘between’, ‘among’, occurs in a few Latin phrases occasional in Eng., e.g. inter alia, amongst other things (less usually inter alios, amongst others, other persons); inter nos, between ourselves; inter partes (Law), of an action: relevant only to the two parties in a particular case (see quots. 1966); of a deed or the like: made between two parties; inter se, between or among themselves; inter vivos, between living persons (esp. of a gift as opposed to a legacy). († Rarely with English object.)
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 293 The great garboyles *inter Herod and his sons.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 195 Three errant Monks..make strange discoveries as well as descriptions of places; and *inter alia of Cambalu. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1693) 152 The Lords produce inter alios, John Duke of Lancaster. 1872J. A. H. Murray Synops. Hor. Paul. 1 A Narrative called the Acts of the Apostles, purporting to furnish (inter alia) memoirs of portions of the life of St. Paul. 1896Lely Stat. Pract. Util. 39 note, By the letters patent the governors include (inter alios) the archbishops and bishops.
1714Swift Hor. Sat. ii. vi, Where all that passes *inter nos Might be proclaimed at Charing-cross. 1790M. Cutler in Life, Jrnls. & Corr. (1888) I. 459 This request is inter nos, and [I] wish my name may not be mentioned.
1816Maule & Selwyn Rep. Cases King's Bench III. 308 A deed *inter partes cannot operate as a release to strangers. 1906Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Jan. 10/2 Mr. Bodwell..contended that this must not be considered an action inter partes; in form it may have been, but in substance it was a propounding of the will. 1960Times 4 Aug. 11/5 On July 19 the injunction was granted in an inter partes form. 1966Black & Brown Outl. Eng. Law vi. xvii. 160 In modern terms actions are either Actions in Rem or Actions in Personam or Inter Partes. Ibid. 161 An action..inter partes produces a judgment which is binding only as between the parties to the case and not upon third parties. 1968Law Rep. 106 The old common law rule that in an indenture inter partes the covenantee must be named as a party to the indenture to take the benefit of an immediate grant or the benefit of a covenant. 1971Mod. Law Rev. XXXIV. vi. 605 The Court gives decisions on preliminary points of law..when such questions are referred to it by municipal courts or tribunals in the course of proceedings inter partes.
1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 223 The ‘little wars’ which Spaniards wage *inter se. 1888G. F. Stout Stud. Philos. & Psychol. (1930) i. 42 Forms of combination among presentations other than those by which sense-perceptions are connected inter se. 1971Mod. Law Rev. XXXIV. vi. 598 Suppose that..the inter se doctrine of Commonwealth relations had emerged as a credible body of legal principle. 1972Times 14 Mar. 12/2 The essential link between members of a volunteer unit was not their contractual relationship inter se but their common military service to the Crown.
1837T. Lewin Pract. Treat. Law Trusts & Trustees vi. 86 The Bank of England cannot be made a trustee, for the Company will not enter notice of instruments *inter vivos upon their books. 1949W. B. Leach Cases Law of Wills 30 In 1931 decedent had created a large inter vivos trust. 1955Times 8 June 4/3 Transfer of property through inheritance or inter vivos gifts or settlements should reckon as realization. 1963Economist 16 Mar. 976/1 Death duties are..largely avoided by transfers inter vivos. 1969Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 20/6 Half the Seafield ‘empire’ is owned by Lord Reidhaven following his mother's foresight in transferring the property outside the inter vivos period, which exonerates the assets from death duty. 1972Accountant 28 Sept. 381/3 Benefits..should be mentioned in reply to the question in the Inland Revenue Affidavit about gifts inter vivos. |