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interred

[in-tur] Example Sentences Origin

in·ter

[in-tur]
verb (used with object), -terred, -ter·ring.
1.
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
2.
Obsolete. to put into the earth.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English enteren < Middle French enterrer, probably < Vulgar Latin *interrāre, derivative of terra earth; see in-2

re·in·ter, verb (used with object), -terred, -ter·ring.
un·in·terred, adjective

enter, inter.
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Interred is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example Sentences
  • The body was interred temporarily in the cemetery of the post.
  • Whole families may have been interred in one mummy bundle.
  • Under this practice, life-size ceramic sculptures of slaves would be interred with the royal figure.
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inter
c.1300, from O.Fr. enterer, from M.L. interrare "put in the earth, bury," from L. in- "in" + terra "earth" (see terrain).
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