Reinter

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtɝ/

Definitions

1. To bury a body again after it has been previously buried
2. The act of placing a corpse back into the ground following an initial burial
3. To perform a second burial for remains that were already interred

Etymology: "Reinter" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "inter," meaning "to bury." Together they describe burying remains a second time, after they have already been interred. The "inter" part comes from Latin "inter," a verb built on "in" ("into") and "terra" ("earth"), so it literally means "to put into the ground." English took "inter" from Latin, while "re-" passed through Old French and arrived in Middle English, and the two were eventually joined in English.

Synonyms: reburial, inter, entomb, inhume