reinˈter, v.
[re- 5 a; cf. F. renterrer (16th c.).]
trans. To inter again.
| 1611 Cotgr., Renterrer, to reinterre, to burie againe. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. viii. 10 To Jerusalem..they convey the bones of their dead friends from all places to be reinterred. 1675 Marvell Lett. Wks. (Grosart) I. 465 The old King's body was to be taken up,..and to be reinterred with great magnificence. 1849 Grote Greece ii. li. (1862) IV. 413 The dead bodies were then exhumed and re-interred. |
So reinˈterment, a second interment.
| 1815 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 66 An official order for shutting up the theatres on the day of re-interment. 1878 Browning La Saisiaz 614 Just as I could save a root Dis⁓interred for re-interment when the time best helps to shoot. |