Both Uses of
inter
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- He came like a protecting spirit to the poor girl, who committed herself to his care; and after the interment of his friend he conducted her to Geneva and placed her under the protection of a relation.†
p. 34.7 *
- Mr. Kirwin, on hearing this evidence, desired that I should be taken into the room where the body lay for interment, that it might be observed what effect the sight of it would produce upon me.†
p. 180.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(inter as in: inter at the cemetery) burying a dead body
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(2)
(inter as in: inter-city) a hyphenated prefix indicating a relationship between different things
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, inter represents into in a non-standard dialect.