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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 arrabōn, from Canaanite *cirrabōn, pledge, surety, akin to Hebrew cērābôn, from *caraba, to enter, stand surety for. 3. Arabic root form ġrb, to depart. Maghreb, Morocco, from Arabic maġrib, place where the sun sets, west, from ġaraba, to depart, set (of the sun).

The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. 2015.

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