disinter
verb (used with object)
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
had disinterred
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past perfectof disinter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By the time Archeologist Acosta had disinterred his pyramid, the Mexican government had upped its grant by another 11,000 pesos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bud had disinterred the deputy sheriff's badge, and began to polish it by the primitive but effectual method of spitting on it and then rubbing vigorously on his sleeve.
From Cow-Country by B. M. Bower
Wild beasts had disinterred many of the bodies, and human bones were bleaching in the rains of summer.
From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
It was rumored that on at least one occasion he had disinterred a freshly buried corpse, and by his incantations had compelled the spirit of the dead man to speak to him.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce
That Quenu, by the way, was a lucky fellow; he wasn't a beauty himself, yet he had secured a beautiful wife, who had disinterred a fortune for him.
From The Fat and the Thin by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
