rebury
Americanverb (used with object)
Explanation
When you bury something again, you rebury it. If a pirate decides that his hiding place for a treasure chest isn't secret enough, he might dig it up and rebury it in a more secluded spot. To bury something is to dig a hole, put the object in it, and cover it up with dirt. When you rebury something, you simply do this a subsequent time: "My dog likes to bury her bone in the yard, dig it up, and rebury it in the exact same place." The "again" prefix re- is added to bury, from an Old English root, byrgan, "to hide or bury."
Example Sentences
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Before bodies were interred, Qudrah said, the ministry would collect forensic samples so families can track them later and rebury them properly.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
The soldier had previously been buried in Dnipro, but his relatives said they wanted to rebury him in his home village.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023
Many relatives, he explained, want to find their loved ones and rebury them because “their dignity was stolen.”
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023
They could rebury the remains in the field and create a memorial or exhume and return the bodies to tribes, Williams said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023
"Ah, what?" reply I, with oracular spite; then, overcome with remorse at the thought of the way in which I was embittering the first moments of his return, I rebury my face in his shoulder.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
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