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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