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
He had no irresistible impulse to describe generally how he had disinterred a strange, handsome girl whom he was bringing up for the theatre.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
The note-book he had disinterred from her novelettes lay upon the table and reminded him of his grievance of rained hours.
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
And such a strange story as the one she had disinterred and brought to a climax!
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
Mrs. Ruyler had disinterred the family amethysts, but Mrs. de Lacey and Mrs. Vane, "Polly's" daughter-in-law, wore their pearls.
From Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
