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verb (used with object), ex·humed, ex·hum·ing.
1.
to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
2.
to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light: to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent to Latin ex- ex-1 + humāre to inter
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent to Latin ex- ex-1 + humāre to inter
Related forms
ex·hum·er, noun
un·ex·humed, adjective
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Exhume
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is excrescence. Does it mean:
| to expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat by coughing |
| something growing out from something else |
Example Sentences
- Barbara said the family was still deciding whether to exhume her body for an independent autopsy.
- The commission decided not to exhume the bodies because it was costly and probably too late.
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Word Origin & History
exhume
1783, from Fr. exhumer, from M.L. exhumare, from L. ex- "out of" + humare "bury," from humus "earth." An earlier form was exhumate (1540s), taken directly from the M.L. Related: Exhumed; exhuming
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