Past tense of inter
regular verb
The past tense of inter is interred. The past participle is also interred.
Forms of inter
| Base form (V1) | inter /ɪnˈtɚ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | interred |
| Past participle (V3) | interred |
| Present participle | interring |
| Third person singular | inters |
Interred in a sentence
- An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, →OCLC, page 40, column 1
- The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.From the entry deceased
- Once interred, the waste will be left alone for tens of thousands of years, while its radioactivity cools.2022 December 15, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian. From the entry subterranean
- Vultures seem to have been used for a funeral practice of excarnation: after the flesh had been cleaned from the bones, the bones were interred in the shrines.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry excarnation
- Early in the 19th century, Udny Green churchyard was a favourite haunt of resurrectionists who dug up freshly interred corpses to sell to the medical school at Aberdeen.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 388. From the entry resurrectionist
Meaning of inter
- verb To bury in a grave.
- verb To confine, as in a prison.
Questions about the past tense of inter
- What is the past tense of inter?
- The past tense of inter is interred.
- What is the past participle of inter?
- The past participle of inter is interred.
- Is inter a regular or irregular verb?
- Inter is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
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