EXHUME

disinter, exhume

(verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

Source: WordNet® 3.1

exhume (third-person singular simple present exhumes, present participle exhuming, simple past and past participle exhumed)

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

(transitive, figurative) To uncover; to bring to light.

• dig up, disinter, unbury, unearth

• bury, inhume, inter

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] Etym: [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.]

Definition: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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