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  • 101Graber — This unusual surname is of Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals, from an agent derivative of the Germanic graben , to dig, excavate, ultimately from the Old High German graban .… …

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  • 102Grabert — This unusual surname is of Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals, from an agent derivative of the Germanic graben , to dig, excavate, ultimately from the Old High German graban .… …

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  • 103Graeber — This unusual surname is of Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals, from an agent derivative of the Germanic graben , to dig, excavate, ultimately from the Old High German graban .… …

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  • 104Greber — This unusual surname is of Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals, from an agent derivative of the Germanic graben , to dig, excavate, ultimately from the Old High German graban .… …

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  • 105Grebert — This unusual surname is of Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals, from an agent derivative of the Germanic graben , to dig, excavate, ultimately from the Old High German graban .… …

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  • 106Grebner — This unusual surname is of Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals, from an agent derivative of the Germanic graben , to dig, excavate, ultimately from the Old High German graban .… …

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  • 107exhume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dig up, disinter, excavate; discover, locate; call up, recall. See memory, disclosure, past. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. unearth, disclose, reveal, disinter, dig up, disinhume, disentomb, unbury,… …

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  • 108mine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lode, vein, deposit; open pit, burrow, excavation; explosive, bomb; source, treasure trove. See concavity, store. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. my own, belonging to me, possessed by me, mine by right,… …

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  • 109spade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shovel, spud. v. dig, delve, shovel, excavate. See concavity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. implement, trowel, garden tool, digging tool; see shovel . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To break, turn over, or …

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  • 110undermine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. excavate, mine, sap; honeycomb; subvert, weaken, demoralize, thwart, frustrate. See concavity, hindrance, deterioration, weakness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [Enfeeble] Syn. impair, ruin, threaten; see… …

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