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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.
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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.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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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