verb
- to bury again, especially to move a dead body from one grave to another
Usage: formal
Examples
- The family decided to reinter their grandfather in the new cemetery.
- After the flood damaged the old graveyard, they had to reinter many bodies.
- The remains were reinterred with full military honors.
- Local authorities ordered the cemetery to reinter the improperly buried coffins.
- She requested that her husband be reinterred next to their son.
- The archaeological team will reinter the ancient remains after study.