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burial

bu·rial

UK/ˈbɛɹi.əl/ US/ˈbɛɹi.əl/ fairly common

noun

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2.

concealing something under the ground

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From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

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