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Meaning of EXHUME

Pronunciation:  ig'zoom

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
 
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 Synonyms: disinter
 
 See Also: dig up, excavate, turn up

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*hume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhumed}p. pr. & vb. n..
{Exhuming}.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil:
cf. F. exhumer. See {Humble}.]
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial;
to disinter. --Mantell.
 

 

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