Exhume

  • 101dig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shovel, spade, excavate, grub, delve; labor, speed; unearth; slang, enjoy (see pleasure). See concavity, exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Insult] Syn. gibe, taunt, innuendo, cut; see insult , ridicule …

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  • 102disinter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dig up, unearth. See interment, disclosure.Ant., bury. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. exhume, unearth, dig up, disentomb; see exhume , expose 1 …

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  • 103Preterition — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Retrospective time. < N PARAG:Preterition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the past the past past time Sgm: N 1 days of yore days of yore times of yore days of old times of old days past times past days gone by times gone by …

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  • 104Interment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Interment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interment interment burial sepulture Sgm: N 1 inhumation| inhumation| Sgm: N 1 obsequies obsequies exequies Sgm: N 1 funeral funeral wake pyre …

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  • 105exhumation — early 15c., from M.L. exhumationem (nom. exhumatio), noun of action from pp. stem of exhumare (see EXHUME (Cf. exhume)) …

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  • 106Disinter — Dis in*ter , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinterring}.] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into… …

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  • 107Disinterred — Disinter Dis in*ter , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinterring}.] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from… …

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  • 108Disinterring — Disinter Dis in*ter , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinterring}.] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from… …

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  • 109Unbury — Un*bur y, v. t. [1st pref. un + bury.] To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 110Uncharnel — Un*char nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uncharneled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Uncharneling}.] [1st pref. un + charnel.] To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume. Byron. [1913 Webster] …

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