inter
v.v. to place a dead body in a grave or tomb. This is a formal way to talk about burying someone.
v. to place a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. Transitive; often used in the passive voice in formal or literary contexts.
The family decided to inter the ashes in the garden.
After the memorial service, the fallen soldiers were interred with full military honors in the national cemetery.
The poet's remains were interred in the cathedral's crypt, fulfilling a final request that his body rest among the historical figures he had spent his life studying.
From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object. The final 'r' is doubled when adding suffixes starting with a vowel (interred, interring).
They intered the bodyThey interred the bodyThe final consonant must be doubled when adding -ed or -ing to this verb.