disinter

Definitions


[ˌdɪs(ɪ)nˈtəː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse)
(e.g: his corpse was disinterred and dumped in a pit)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from French désenterrer, from dis- (expressing reversal) + enterrer ‘to inter’




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