reinter

verb

re·​in·​ter (ˌ)rē-in-ˈtər 

reinterred; reinterring

transitive verb

: to inter (a dead body) again

Years later, those killed in earlier wars were reinterred and buried at Arlington, so that the cemetery now contains the bodies of servicemen from every war since the revolution.

—Emily Jashinsky

reinterment

(ˌ)rē-in-ˈtər-mənt 

noun

plural reinterments

So prevalent were grave robberies that the pharaohs' loyal retainers often spirited away their masters' remains for reinterment in secret graves.

—Paul Martin

Examples of reinter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ever since 2008, a group of residents here has been searching for a place to build a memorial and reinter the remains of African Americans whose nearby burial ground was taken over by municipal projects. —Jane Margolies, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022

Reburials are delayed while the state has yet to distribute money necessary to fix the cemeteries and reinter them in new graves. —Longreads, 9 Mar. 2022

In September of 1899, his body was exhumed by Cuban authorities to reinter him at a monument in his honor. —Griffin Black, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2020

Kukana Kama-Toth, vice chair of the Waimanalo Neighborhood Board, who helped reinter the remains, said they were treated with respect and protocols were followed. —Sophie Cocke, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above