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exhume

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ex·hume  (g-zm, -zym, k-sym, ks-hym)
tr.v. ex·humed, ex·hum·ing, ex·humes
1. To remove from a grave; disinter.
2. To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.

[French exhumer, from Medieval Latin exhumre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

exhu·mation (gzy-mshn, kshy-) n.
ex·humer n.

exhume [ɛksˈhjuːm]
vb (tr)
1. to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
2. to reveal; disclose; unearth don't exhume that old argument
[from Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex-1 + humāre to bury, from humus the ground]
exhumation  [ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən] n
exhumer  n
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Verb1.exhume - dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
dig up, excavate, turn up - find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"

exhume
verb (Formal) dig up, unearth, disinter, unbury, disentomb His remains have been exhumed from their resting place.
bury, inter, entomb, inearth, inhume
Translations
exhume [eksˈhjuːm] VTexhumar, desenterrar

exhume [ɛksˈhjuːm ɪgˈzjuːm] vt [+ body] → exhumer
to be exhumed → être exhumé(e)
ex-husband [ˌɛksˈhʌzbənd] nex-mari m

exhume
vtexhumieren

exhume [ɛksˈhjuːm] vt (frm) → esumare
exhume [ɛksˈhjuːm] vt (frm) → esumare

exhume
v exhume [igˈzjuːm]
to dig out (especially a body from a grave). opgrawe, uitgrawe يَسْتَخْرِج جُثَّه من قَبْر ексхумирам exhumovat opgrave exhumieren, ans Tageslicht bringen ξεθάβω exhumar, desenterrar hauast välja kaevama نبش قبر کردن kaivaa haudasta exhumer לְהוֹצִיא מְהָקֶבֶר जमीन खोद कर निकालना iskopati exhumál menggali dari kuburan grafa upp (lík) esumare 掘り出す 파내다 iškasti, ekshumuoti ekshumēt, izrakt (līķi) menggali opgraven grave opp ekshumować exumar/desenterrar a exhuma эксгумировать exhumovať izkopati (mrliča) ekshumirati gräva upp ขุดศพ; ขุดค้น mezardan çıkarmak (從墳墓內)掘出(屍體等) викопувати, ексгумувати زمین کھود کر نکالنا khai quật内)
n exhumation [eksjuˈmeiʃən]
opgrawing, uitgrawing إسْتِخْراج جُثَّه من قَبْر ексхумация exhumace opgravning die Exhumierung εκταφή exhumación hauast väljakaevamine نبش قبر haudasta esiinkaivaminen exhumation הוֹצָאָה מְהַקֶבֶר शवोत्खनन iskopavanje, ekshumacija exhumálás penggalian uppgröftur (líks) esumazione 発掘 발굴하기 ekshumacija ekshumācija, (līķa) izrakšana penggalian opgraving oppgraving ekshumacja exumação exhumare эксгумация exhumácia izkop ekshumacija uppgrävning, gravöppning การขุดศพ mezardan çıkarma 掘墓 викопування, ексгумація مدفون کو قبر سے باہر نکالنے کی کارروائی sự khai quật


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It was not yet dark when he reached the tribe, though he stopped to exhume and devour the remains of the wild boar he had cached the preceding day, and again to take Kulonga's bow and arrows from the tree top in which he had hidden them.
They caught him in mid-step--one of those fancy steps which he was just beginning to exhume from the cobwebbed recesses of his memory--and swept him away.
 
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