bebury

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verb

To entomb; inter; bury.

OriginMiddle English beburien ← Old English bebyrian →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person beburies · participle present beburying · participle past beburied · past beburied

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo entomb; inter; bury.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbebyrian
  2. Middle Englishbeburien
  3. Englishbebury

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

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bebury,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebury.

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