Past tense of inter; buried someone in the ground, especially as part of a funeral ceremony.
From Latin interrare: in- meaning 'in' plus terra meaning 'earth' or 'ground.' Literally means 'to place in the earth,' and the meaning has remained consistent since it entered English in the 14th century.
This formal word comes straight from Latin and literally means 'to place in the earth'—it's so tied to burial that we almost never use it for anything else, unlike 'put' or 'place'!
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