| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | crb. |
| DEFINITION: | To enter, stand surety or bail for, guarantee. 1. arbiter, from Latin arbiter, judge, from Phoenician (Punic) *carb, surety, guarantee. 2. earnest2, from Greek arrab n, from Canaanite *cirrabn, pledge, surety, akin to Hebrew c r bôn, from *caraba, to enter, stand surety for. 3. Arabic root form  rb, to depart. Maghreb, Morocco, from Arabic marib, place where the sun sets, west, from araba, to depart, set (of the sun). |
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