exhume
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.
Origin of exhume
1Other words from exhume
- ex·hu·ma·tion [eks-hyoo-mey-shuhn], /ˌɛks hyʊˈmeɪ ʃən/, noun
- ex·hum·er, noun
- un·ex·humed, adjective
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How to use exhume in a sentence
As for exhuming the files of the daily papers, one might as well try to resurrect Cheops.
His statement was, however, contradicted by one of the men who assisted him in exhuming the skeleton.
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man | J. P. MacLeanAn organized party was engaged in exhuming old pottery and other domestic utensils at the time of our visit.
Aztec Land | Maturin M. BallouThomas Mathews tells us that Berkeley wished to hang it on a gibbet, but on exhuming his casket he found in it nothing but stones.
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 | Thomas Jefferson WertenbakerHe will forgive me for exhuming this early incident of his career.
A Civil Servant in Burma | Herbert Thirkel White
British Dictionary definitions for exhume
/ (ɛksˈhjuːm) /
to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
to reveal; disclose; unearth: don't exhume that old argument
Origin of exhume
1Derived forms of exhume
- exhumation (ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən), noun
- exhumer, noun
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