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exhume.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɛksˈ(h)juːm/UK/ɪɡˈzjuːm/UK/ɛkˈs(j)um/US/ɪɡˈz(j)um/US
  1. To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

    transitive
    The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
  2. To uncover; to bring to light.

    figuratively · transitive
    Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists.
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

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