uncharnel

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ charnel

Verb[edit]

uncharnel (third-person singular simple present uncharnels, present participle uncharnelling, simple past and past participle uncharnelled)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume.
    • 1817, Lord Byron, Manfred:
      Whom wouldst thou uncharnel?