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begrave

begrave verb: to bury.

Verb

begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begrove or begraven)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bury.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To engrave.

Forms of begrave

third-person singular presentbegraves
present participlebegraving
pastbegraved
pastbegrove
past participlebegraved
past participlebegrove
past participlebegraven

Origin of begrave

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”).

Questions about begrave

What does begrave mean?
Begrave means to bury.
What part of speech is begrave?
Begrave is a verb.
What is the past tense of begrave?
The past tense of begrave is begraved.

Words near begrave in the dictionary

  1. begrasp
  2. begrasped
  3. begrasping
  4. begrasps
  5. begrassed
  6. begrave
  7. begraved
  8. begraving
  9. begrease
  10. begreased
  11. begreases

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