inter

Inter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred; p. pr. & vb. n. Interring.]

Etymology: [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.]

To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. Shak.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for inter; he lists it under hide.

Where he writes about it:

Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body. — from hide