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exhumation

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ex⋅hume

  [ig-zoom, -zyoom, eks-hyoom]
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–verb (used with object), -humed, -hum⋅ing.
1. to dig (something buried, esp. 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 ME < ML exhumāre, equiv. to L ex- ex- 1 + humāre to inter

Related forms:
ex⋅hu⋅ma⋅tion  [eks-hyoo-mey-shuhn] , noun
ex⋅hum⋅er, noun
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ex·hume   (ĭg-zōōm', -zyōōm', ĭk-syōōm', ěks-hyōōm')   
tr.v.   ex·humed, ex·hum·ing, ex·humes

  1. To remove from a grave; disinter.

  2. To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.


[French exhumer, from Medieval Latin exhumāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]
ex'hu·ma'tion (ěg'zyōō-mā'shən, ěks'hyōō-) n., ex·hum'er n.
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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 (1548), taken directly from the M.L.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·hume
Pronunciation: igz-'(y)üm, iks-'(h)yüm
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·humed;ex·hum·ing
: DISINTER exhumed for an autopsy> —ex·hu·ma·tion /"eks-(h)yü-'mA-sh&n, "egz-(y)ü-/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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