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exhume

[ ig-zoom, -zyoom, eks-hyoom ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, ex·humed, ex·hum·ing.

to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light:
to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.

exhume

/ ɛksˈhjuːm; ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən /

Origin of exhume¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent to Latin ex- ex- ¹ + humāre to inter

Origin of exhume¹

C18: from Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex- ¹+ humāre to bury, from humus the ground

A team of scientists is set to exhume the former Palestinian leader's body on Tuesday in order to find out.

Exhume , to dig out of the ground, or in the case of a fossil, to take out of its place of burial in the rock.

When a tribe quits one place to reside at another, they exhume the bones of their relations, and take them with them.

At last he shut the book, and, laying it down, proceeded to exhume a morning coat.

Deprived of the requisite authority, it was unable to do more than exhume the old laws on the matter and ordain new ones.

It is from among its ruins that the wondering fellah and explorer of to-day exhume the gorgeous relics of its past.

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