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begrave

verb

Etymology

From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- + grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”).

  1. inherited from *bigrabaną✻ — “to dig around, bury”
  2. inherited from begrafan — “to bury”
  3. inherited from begraven

Definitions

  1. To bury.

  2. To engrave.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA