MEANING
To place a dead body or remains in a grave or tomb.
Use it for
Burial arrangements, formal death records, family resting places.Specify the burial act in records or restrained narration.
Words that belong together
- inter the remains
- inter in a family vault
- inter beside a spouse
On the page
They interred the remains in the parish churchyard.
Her will asked that she be interred beside her sister.
The register did not say who had interred the unnamed child.
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Word forms
- Base
- inter / inters
- Past tense
- interred
- Past participle
- interred
- Present participle
- interring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- inter / inters
- Present continuous
- am/is/are interring
- Present perfect
- have/has interred
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been interring
- Past
- interred
- Past continuous
- was/were interring
- Past perfect
- had interred
- Past perfect continuous
- had been interring
- Future
- will inter / inters
- Future continuous
- will be interring
- Future perfect
- will have interred
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been interring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Formal burial verb; do not confuse with the prefix inter-. Does not mean detain a living person. Verb: inter, inters, interred, interred, interring. Derived noun interment.
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