exhume
See also: exhumé
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -uːm, (US) -um
Verb
exhume (third-person singular simple present exhumes, present participle exhuming, simple past and past participle exhumed)
- (transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 126:
- Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.
- The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
- (transitive, figurative) To uncover; to bring to light.
- 2009, S. E. Wilmer, Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories (page 47)
- Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue.
- 2009, S. E. Wilmer, Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories (page 47)
Synonyms
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Translations
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter
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to uncover, bring to light
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
exhume
- inflection of exhumer:
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
exhume
- inflection of exhumar:
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