verb
Meaning 1
To bury again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rebury
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verb
Meaning 2
bury again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lay, put down, repose
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bhergh-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bury English rebury From re- + bury.