Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inter- \In"ter-\ [L. inter, prep., among, between, a compar.
form of in in; akin to intra, intro, within, Skr. antar
between, in, and E. in. See {In}, and cf. {Entrails},
{Interior}, {Enter-}, {Exterior}.]
A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact,
interarticular, intermit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inter
adj : (prefix) between or among or in the midst of;
"intercontinental flights"; "interscholastic
athletics"; "interlobular connective tissue" [ant: {intra}]
v : place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed
in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: {bury}, {entomb}, {lay to rest}]
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