Begrave

Origin

From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan ("to bury"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *grabaną ("to dig"), equivalent to - + 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.

Full definition of begrave

Verb

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