"begrave" meaning in English

See begrave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: begraves [present, singular, third-person], begraving [participle, present], begraved [past], begrove [past], begraved [participle, past], begraven [participle, past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|begraven}} Middle English begraven, {{inh|en|ang|begrafan|t=to bury}} Old English begrafan (“to bury”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bigrabaną|t=to dig around, bury}} Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), {{af|en|be-|grave}} be- + grave, {{cog|stq|begreeuwe|t=to bury}} Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), {{cog|fy|begrave|t=to bury}} West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), {{cog|nl|begraven|t=to bury}} Dutch begraven (“to bury”), {{cog|de|begraben|t=to bury}} German begraben (“to bury”), {{cog|da|begrave|t=to bury}} Danish begrave (“to bury”), {{cog|sv|begrava|t=to bury}} Swedish begrava (“to bury”), {{cog|got|𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽|t=to dig around}} Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=begrove|past_ptc2=begraven}} begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begraven)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bury. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-begrave-en-verb-6mRypUcr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To engrave. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-begrave-en-verb-6L1dZXIQ

Inflected forms

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