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bebury

bebury verb: to entomb; inter; bury.

Verb

bebury (third-person singular simple present beburies, present participle beburying, simple past and past participle beburied)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To entomb; inter; bury.

Forms of bebury

third-person singular presentbeburies
present participlebeburying
past participlebeburied
pastbeburied

Origin of bebury

From Middle English beburien, biburien, biburiȝen, from Old English bebyrian, bebirigan, bebyrgan (“to raise a mound to, bury, inter”), equivalent to be- + bury.

Questions about bebury

What does bebury mean?
Bebury means to entomb; inter; bury.
What part of speech is bebury?
Bebury is a verb.
What is the past tense of bebury?
The past tense of bebury is beburied.

Words near bebury in the dictionary

  1. bebtelovimab
  2. bebugging
  3. bebump
  4. bebung
  5. bebungs
  6. bebury
  7. beburying
  8. bebusy
  9. bebusying
  10. bebuttoned
  11. BEC

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