Meaning exhume
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exhumeearly 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumare "to unearth" (13c.), from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + humare "bury," from humus "earth" (see chthonic). An alternati [..]
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exhumev. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
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exhumeExhume means to dig up a dead body for medical investigation or other purposes. A person seeking to exhume a body must usually petition to have the body exhumed. Because of the general disinclination [..]
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exhume(v) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
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exhume). Earth Burial
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exhume
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
''The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.''
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