| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | rp. |
| DEFINITION: | To burn, smelt, refine. silver, probably ultimately from Akkadian arpu, refined, silver, verbal adjective of ar pu, to refine. |
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