interring

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interring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inter \In*ter"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Interring.] [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL.
     interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.]
     To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to
     inter a dead body. --Shak.
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