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Webster 1913 Edition
Inter
In-ter′
,Verb.
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 bodyShak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inter
IN'TER
, a Latin preposition, signifying among or between; used as a prefix.Definition 2024
Inter
inter
inter
English
Verb
inter (third-person singular simple present inters, present participle interring, simple past and past participle interred)
Usage notes
- The spellings intering (for interring) and intered (for interred) exist as well, but are much less common.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
bury in a grave
Anagrams
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto inter, from English inter-, French inter-, Italian inter-, Spanish inter-, from Latin inter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.ter/, /ˈin.tɛɾ/
Preposition
inter
- between, among
- (figuratively) division, exchange, reciprocity
Antonyms
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”), Old High German untar (“between”) and German unter (“among”).
PIE adverb *h₁enter gave rise to the adjective *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”), whence also Latin interior (“interior”) and intrā (“inside, within”).
Preposition
inter + accusative
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- inter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
- to carry some one away in one's arms: inter manus auferre aliquem
- it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
- to take common counsel: consilia inter se communicare
- to be closely connected with each other: conexum et aptum esse inter se
- systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
- we have agreed on this point: hoc convēnit inter nos
- to be mutually contradictory: inter se pugnare or repugnare
- to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- the connection: sententiae inter se nexae
- the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
- to be in correspondence with..: litteras inter se dare et accipere
- to hover between hope and fear: inter spem metumque suspensum animi esse
- we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
- whilst drinking; at table: inter pocula
- during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
- we have known each other well for several years: vetus usus inter nos intercedit
- to exchange greetings: inter se consalutare (De Or. 2. 3. 13)
- to shake hands with a person: dextram iungere cum aliquo, dextras inter se iungere
- to transact, settle a matter with some one: transigere aliquid (de aliqua re) cum aliquo or inter se
- to form a conspiracy: coniurare (inter se) de c. Gerund. or ut...
- (the magistrates) arrange among themselves the administration of the provinces, the offical spheres of duty: provincias inter se comparant
- to accuse a person of assassination: accusare aliquem inter sicarios (Rosc. Am. 32. 90)
- to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
- inter in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016