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exhume

[ ig-zoom, -zyoom, eks-hyoom ]

verb (used with object)

exhumed, exhuming.
  1. to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
  2. to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light:

    to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.



exhume

/ É›ksˈhjuËm; ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən /

verb

  1. to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
  2. to reveal; disclose; unearth

    don't exhume that old argument

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æˈ³ó³Ü³¾±ð°ù, noun
  • exhumation, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·³ó³Ü·³¾²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [eks-hy, oo, -, mey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ±ð³æ·³ó³Ü³¾î€½Ä°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôe³æ·³ó³Ü³¾±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhume1

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ±ð³æ³ó³Ü³¾Äå°ù±ð, equivalent to Latin ex- ex- 1 + ³ó³Ü³¾Äå°ù±ð to inter
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhume1

C18: from Medieval Latin ±ð³æ³ó³Ü³¾Äå°ù±ð, from Latin ex- 1+ ³ó³Ü³¾Äå°ù±ð to bury, from humus the ground
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The Irish police service, An Garda Síochána, has notified the local coroner and said inquiries are under way to identify the exhumed remains.

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Forensic experts who exhumed his body found high levels of arsenic, which led them to believe that he, too, had been poisoned.

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Her sister's remains were exhumed so that DNA samples could be compared with remains that had yet to be identified.

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On Friday, police requested for the body of a man - the late husband of the woman who made the cake - to be exhumed.

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After he was exhumed, Abiyah was found to have been in a severely malnourished state and suffered from a list of other health problems at the time of his death.

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