All 4 Uses of
inter
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- The limited vista now opening before him was extremely unpleasant: six weeks of life which he would spend suffering with his broken bones and renewing his acquaintance with Misery Chastain, nee Carmichael, followed by a hasty interment in the back yard.†
Chpt 1 *
- Four days following the interment, an elderly womannamed Mrs. Soames — Mrs. Rainage knew her slightly — had observed something white lying on the ground of the Congregational church's cemetery as she entered it to put flowers on the grave of her husband, who had died the previous winter.†
Chpt 2
- Interment at Mary Cyr Cemetery on March 21st at 4.00 P.M. Ought to've had a special rendition of 'Annie, Won't You Come by Here', sung by the Mormon Tabersnackle Choir, Paul thought, and did the Donkey some more.†
Chpt 2
- They even sent down a coupler ladies from the bleedin' London Psychic Society to look inter that 'un!†
Chpt 2
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.