INTERRED

buried, inhumed, interred

(adjective) placed in a grave; “the hastily buried corpses”

INTER

bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest

(verb) place in a grave or tomb; “Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”; “The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids”; “My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

interred (not comparable)

Having been interred.

(of a buried corpse) Located.

Synonyms

• (having been interred): belowground, buried, inhumed

• (located): buried

Antonyms

• (having been interred): unburied

Verb

interred

simple past tense and past participle of inter

Anagrams

• Tinderer, trendier

Source: Wiktionary


INTER

In"ter-. Etym: [L. inter, prep., among, between, a compar. form of in in; akin to intra, intro, within, Skr. antar between, in, and E.in. See In, and cf. Entrails, Interior, Enter-, Exterior.]

Definition: A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.

In*ter", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred; p. pr. & vb. n. Interring.] Etym: [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.]

Definition: To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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LEND

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