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DISINTER
disinter, exhume
(verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disinter (third-person singular simple present disinters, present participle disinterring, simple past and past participle disinterred)
To take out of the grave or tomb.
Synonyms: unbury, exhume, dig up
To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
Antonyms
• (take out of a grave): inter
Anagrams
• in stride, inditers, neritids, nitrides
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`in*ter", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinterred; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring.]
1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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