exhume
- to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
- to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light: to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.
Origin of exhume
Examples from the Web for exhumation
Contemporary Examples of exhumation
There are plenty more candidates for exhumation, too, if we fancy it.
The Vatican agreed last month to finally settle the issue by granting the Italian police permission for the exhumation.
Italian Police Open a Mobster’s Vatican-Owned Tomb in Search of a Missing GirlBarbie Latza Nadeau
May 16, 2012
His remains were buried in a family plot in Bavaria until their exhumation Wednesday.
That was before an exhumation team found his mother's remains and was finally able to identify them just this past summer.
Historical Examples of exhumation
If Porter had not seen him that night, it is more than likely that there would have been an exhumation.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
Fortified by this success, Goron was able to procure the exhumation of the body.
A Book of Remarkable CriminalsH. B. Irving
The next step was to order the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Taylor.
Poison Romance and Poison MysteriesC. J. S. Thompson
Information of the exhumation seems to have quickly got about.
The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812James Blake Bailey
The dangers of the exhumation are not the only ones; the Bluebottle must be acquainted with others.
The Life of the FlyJ. Henri Fabre
exhume
- to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
- to reveal; disclose; unearthdon't exhume that old argument
Word Origin for exhume
Word Origin and History for exhumation
early 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumationem (nominative exhumatio), noun of action from past participle stem of exhumare (see exhume).