exhume
[ ig-zoom, -zyoom, eks-hyoom ]
/ ɪgˈzum, -ˈzyum, ɛksˈhyum /
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verb (used with object), ex·humed, ex·hum·ing.
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.
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Origin of exhume
1400–50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin exhumāre, equivalent to Latin ex-ex-1 + humāre to inter
OTHER WORDS FROM exhume
ex·hu·ma·tion [eks-hyoo-mey-shuhn], /ˌɛks hyʊˈmeɪ ʃən/, nounex·hum·er, nounun·ex·humed, adjectiveWords nearby exhume
exhilaration, exhilarative, exhort, exhortation, exhortative, exhume, ex hypothesi, exigeant, exigency, exigent, exigible
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exhume
/ (ɛksˈhjuːm) /
verb (tr)
to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
to reveal; disclose; unearthdon't exhume that old argument
Derived forms of exhume
exhumation (ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən), nounexhumer, nounWord Origin for exhume
C18: from Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex- 1 + humāre to bury, from humus the ground
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