Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bury.
- To engrave.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To bury; also, to engrave.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To
bury . - verb transitive, obsolete To
engrave .
Etymologies
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From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan ("to bury"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *grabanan (“to dig”), equivalent to be- + grave. Cognate with Dutch begraven ("to bury"), German begraben ("to bury"), Danish begrave ("to bury"), Swedish begrava ("to bury"), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, "to dig around"). More at be-, grave.
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Examples
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(And where is the other little one?) "Minheer, hij is gister begrave" (Sir, he was buried yesterday).
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Weeping woman came to me after funeral; "Minheer, zal minheer nie zoo goed wees nie om vir Mrs. Engelbrecht in die hospitaal te vertel dat haar kindje dood is, zij word nou begrave?"
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(And where is the other little one?) “Minheer, hij is gister begrave” (Sir, he was buried yesterday).
Woman's Endurance L, A D 1904
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Weeping woman came to me after funeral; “Minheer, zal minheer nie zoo goed wees nie om vir Mrs. Engelbrecht in die hospitaal te vertel dat haar kindje dood is, zij word nou begrave?”
Woman's Endurance L, A D 1904
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