Exhume

  • 21exhume — v. a. Disinter, unbury, disentomb, disinhume …

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  • 22exhume — verb (transitive usually passive) formal to remove a dead body from a grave, especially in order to check the cause of death exhumation / ekshjU meISFn/ noun (C, U) …

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  • 23exhume — verb the district attorney is requesting that Baker s body be exhumed Syn: disinter, dig up, unearth Ant: bury …

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  • 24exhume — v 1. dig up, unearth, disinter, excavate; unbury, disinhume, disentomb, exhumate, unsepul cher. 2. resurrect, restore, regenerate, revive, reanimate; bring to life, bring to light, bring back, recall, reincarnate …

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  • 25exhume — ex·hume …

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  • 26exhume — ex•hume [[t]ɪgˈzum, ˈzyum, ɛksˈhyum[/t]] v. t. humed, hum•ing 1) to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter 2) to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME… …

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  • 27exhume — /ɛksˈhjum / (say eks hyoohm) verb (t) (exhumed, exhuming) to dig (something buried, especially a corpse) out of the earth; disinter. {Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex ex 1 + humus earth, ground} –exhumation /ɛkshjuˈmeɪʃən/ (say ekshyooh… …

  • 28exhume —   Hu e …

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  • 29exhume — v.tr. dig out, unearth (esp. a buried corpse). Derivatives: exhumation n. Etymology: F exhumer f. med.L exhumare (as EX (1), humus ground) …

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  • 30être exhumé — ● être exhumé verbe passif Relief exhumé, relief qui a été fossilisé sous des formations peu résistantes et qui a été remis au jour par érosion différentielle. ● être exhumé (expressions) verbe passif Relief exhumé, relief qui a été fossilisé… …

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