Exhume Definition

ĭg-zo͝om, -zyo͝om, ĭk-syo͝om, ĕks-hyo͝om

exhumed, exhumes, exhuming

verb

exhumed, exhumes, exhuming

To dig out of the earth; disinter.

Webster's New World

To bring to light; disclose; reveal.

Webster's New World

To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

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Origin of Exhume

French exhumer from Medieval Latin exhumāre Latin ex- ex- Latin humus ground dhghem- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Latin ex and humāre ("to bury")

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