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un·earth

   [uhn-urth]
verb (used with object)
1.
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
2.
to uncover or bring to light by search, inquiry, etc.: The lawyer unearthed new evidence.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English unerthen. See un-2, earth
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unearth
"to dig up," mid-15c., from un- (2) + earth (v.) "to bury in the ground" (see earth).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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