inter
verb /ɪnˈtɜː(r)/
/ɪnˈtɜːr/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inter | /ɪnˈtɜː(r)/ /ɪnˈtɜːr/ |
| he / she / it inters | /ɪnˈtɜːz/ /ɪnˈtɜːrz/ |
| past simple interred | /ɪnˈtɜːd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrd/ |
| past participle interred | /ɪnˈtɜːd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrd/ |
| -ing form interring | /ɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ |
- to bury a dead person
- be interred The princess was interred on an island in the middle of a lake.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInter is used with these nouns as the object:- remains
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French enterrer, based on Latin in- ‘into’ + terra ‘earth’.