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ex·hume
(ĭg-zo͞om′, -zyo͞om′, ĭk-syo͞om′, ĕks-hyo͞om′)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 (ĕg′zyo͞o-mā′shən, ĕks′hyo͞o-) n.
ex·hum′er n.
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exhume
(ɛksˈhjuːm)vb (tr)
1. to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
2. to reveal; disclose; unearth: don't exhume that old argument.
[C18: from Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex-1 + humāre to bury, from humus the ground]
exhumation n
exˈhumer n
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ex•hume
(ɪgˈzum, -ˈzyum, ɛksˈhyum)v.t. -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.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin exhumāre= Latin ex- ex-1 + humāre to inter]
ex•hu•ma•tion (ˌɛks hyʊˈmeɪ ʃən) n.
ex•hum′er, n.
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exhume
Past participle: exhumed
Gerund: exhuming
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Verb | 1. | exhume - dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies |
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exhume
verb (Formal) dig up, unearth, disinter, unbury, disentomb His remains have been exhumed from their resting place.
bury, inter, entomb, inearth, inhume
bury, inter, entomb, inearth, inhume
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Translations
يَسْتَخْرِج جُثَّه من قَبْر
opgrave
exhumál
grafa upp
ekshumacijaekshumuoti
ekshumēt, izrakt
exhumovať
mezardan çıkarmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
exhume
[ɛksˈhjuːm ɪgˈzjuːm] vt [+ body] → exhumerto be exhumed → être exhumé(e)ex-husband [ˌɛksˈhʌzbənd] n → ex-mari m
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exhume
vt → exhumieren
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exhume
(igˈzjuːm) verb to dig out (especially a body from a grave).
exhumation (eksjuˈmeiʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.